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Radium Girls

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Radium Girls

Released Oct 23, 2020

1h 43m

Drama

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Early in the 20th century, women work at the U.S. Radium Factory, painting glow in the dark watches, unaware of the dangers of working with radium.

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Critics Consensus

Pure in its intentions if occasionally pat in execution, Radium Girls is a well-acted tribute to women fighting for justice.

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Michael Ordoña

Los Angeles Times

Little attention is paid to the vernacular or physicality of the period. The depths of emotions aren’t plumbed...

Mar 7, 2025

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Claudia Puig

FilmWeek (LAist)

While this was very well-meaning and intrinsically interesting, I found the performances a bit pallid.

Oct 30, 2020

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Amy Nicholson

FilmWeek (LAist)

It's pretty easy to watch this film and roll my eyes at it, but I would give this film to the young girls in my life.

Oct 30, 2020

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Daisy Leigh-Phippard

Screen Queens

The script, penned by Mohler and Brittany Shaw, doesnt reach the excitement of a court drama and honestly lacks tension throughout, but the film is salvaged by the performances of its leads and supporting cast.

Feb 21, 2022

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MaryAnn Johanson

AWFJ.org

I do really like the sense of how 'modern' the world depicted here feels, even if it was a century ago. It cements the feeling that the story remains incredibly relevant today.

Nov 22, 2021

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Leslie Combemale

AWFJ.org

Radium Girls is consistently compelling, and often quite inventive.

Nov 22, 2021

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Amelia H

Great one of a kind film about a very niche and specific part of history so was very informative and surprisingly accurate. The film portrays the story quite well, however definitely does not feel like being immersed into the history. Could tell this was made on a tight budget which is unfortunate, but I would still recommend a watch if you are into history based films.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/04/25

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rafa W

Very disappointed with the film. It is a great story made into bad film. Poor directing, bad script and wrong cinematography as well as some very poor acting.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/24

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Gayle G

I enjoyed the movie and I think it was nicely acted and told a good story. But here are some things that bugged me. I was a little annoyed about all the period clips. There were just too many of them for comfort. It took away valuable time for storytelling. I thought the courtroom scenes were too short and unrealistic. The lawyer for the girls didn't seem to be putting up much of a defense. The real-life lawyer probably did a better job. The politics and love story were overdone and a bit gratuitous. Did factories have no security in those days? Employees could sneak in at midnight and have a party and steal the paint willy-nilly and former employees could just march in whenver they felt like it? Finally, I have this huge pet peeve about the way the girls did the painting. The boss told them to dip, lick, paint. The actual order was lick (or lip), dip, paint. Why would you dip your brush into the paint and then lick it off? The lick was to get a point on the brush and then put paint on that fine point and then paint the numbers. It was such a small thing, but it bugged me. Finally, I wish they had told the story of the actual radium girls and made it historically accurate, rather than fictionalized. In spite of all this, I mostly enjoyed the movie and found it very touching. At least it gets people thinking about the radium girls.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/15/23

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tom m

An interesting story, but the production value was all that good.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Yet another Hollywood made America is bad film. I was excited to watch this film it seemed right up my alley, but the film takes a tragic story and doesn't do it justice. Its all over the place with random overly political moments that have no point in being in the movie and draw from the plot.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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greg m

Very interesting story. Not a great movie. Glad I watched it, but wished it had better writing and acting.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Synopsis

Early in the 20th century, women work at the U.S. Radium Factory, painting glow in the dark watches, unaware of the dangers of working with radium.

Director: Lydia Dean Pilcher, Ginny Mohler
Producer: Lydia Dean Pilcher, Emily McEvoy
Screenwriter: Ginny Mohler, Brit Shaw
Distributor: Juno Films
Production Co: Cine Mosaic
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 23, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 3, 2020
Runtime: 1h 43m

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