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Jane Fonda in Five Acts

2018 2h 13m Documentary Biography List
97% Tomatometer 34 Reviews 91% Popcornmeter 50+ Ratings
A look at the life, work, activism and controversies of actress and fitness tycoon Jane Fonda.
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Raw and rich in decade-spanning detail, Jane Fonda in Five Acts paints a living portrait of one popular culture's most compelling figures.

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David Fear Rolling Stone She's a legend, sure. But now she's not Henry's daughter, or Roger/Tom/Ted's wife, or Bree Daniels. She's just Jane, the doc suggests, plain old Jane. It only took decades to get there. Dec 20, 2018 Full Review Gwen Ihnat AV Club Fonda is so solid throughout the documentary that an enthusiastic reference to a prophetic psychic reading sticks out as a flighty departure. Rated: A Dec 14, 2018 Full Review Julia Raeside Guardian Modern documentaries have led us to expect more rigour in their storytelling but this, despite its willingness to touch on family discord and so on, keeps a respectful distance that ultimately frustrates. Rated: 2/5 Nov 6, 2018 Full Review Marya E. Gates Moviefone A stunning profile of a complex person, ‘Jane Fonda In Five Acts’ excels at capturing all the intricacies that make us who we are and inspires us to keep working on our own unfinished self-portraits. Feb 13, 2024 Full Review Sandie Angulo Chen AWFJ.org Brother Peter and oldest daughter Vanessa Vadim are conspicuously missing from the interviews, but otherwise, Jane Fonda in Five Acts is a frank and fascinating look at the complicated life and career of an extraordinary woman. Oct 12, 2021 Full Review Cate Marquis AWFJ.org For Jane Fonda fans, this documentary is an in-depth look inside her life, although like any autobiography, it lacks outside perspective. It is the life of Jane Fonda as Jane Fonda would tell it. Oct 12, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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David H Incredible! Informative and insightful, revealing and rewarding, it does true justice to Jane Fonda as a performer, an activist, and much more -- but most importantly, as a marvelous human being. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/13/23 Full Review Lee C Jane Fonda, you will NEVER "be authentic"! Poor little rich kid who married billionaires and plays a victim! Harry and Megan are waiting for you in the lobby! Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member The greatest 02 hours: and 13 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With real footage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review georgan g One of my heroes, Jane Fonda, is candid & in-depth about her personal life. She is 10 years older than me, and her growth as a person in the 60s really resonate. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I have always admired Jane Fonda. This documentary was riveting. Beautifully produced and directed. Her relationship with her father echoed my own. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member I watched this in 2019 as a naive democrat only to rewatch in 2021 as an informed citizen. She (and her family) were nuts 🥜. First, her dad abandons the family and at age 45 marries a girl who is 22 only 8 months after his wife commit suicide? Go back and watch Grapes of Wrath 1939 - pre-WW2. It’s not that good. Secondly, the whole fist-pump BS is the communist handshake. jFK and LBJ were the ones who got The US into Vietnam and after JFKs death they tripled the budget and soldiers there because of the democrats! LBJ gas-lit the counter-culture generation of 1966 just like Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Look back at Hitler (socialist) and Lenin/Stalin worked together dismantling Poland and Europe for each other until the Barbarossa operation - THEN Stalin joined the Allies. Fonda’s and Hollywoods whitewashing disinformation goes back a 100 years and 99% of most people have no clue. Hanoi Jane, guess what the North Vietnamese were leftist also, working supported by the Soviet Union and China, and anti-communist South supported by the United States. Know your history. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/30/21 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A look at the life, work, activism and controversies of actress and fitness tycoon Jane Fonda.
Director
Susan Lacy
Producer
Susan Lacy, Jessica Levin, Emma Pildes
Production Co
HBO Documentary Films
Genre
Documentary, Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 27, 2018
Runtime
2h 13m
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