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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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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Audience Member

Really a must see! I found myself thinking about the history and evolution of women's struggle for safer working conditions, because of this film. The Radium Girls were successful in holding the big corporation responsible for the death of so many dial painters, but the fight for better workplace conditions for US women continues today. We see this in the form of equal pay demands and zero-tolerance for workplace sexual harassment, for example. This movie is a powerful reminder of the importance of speaking truth to power, organizing for social impact, and the strength of everyday women!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Lydia Dean Pilcher

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Ginny Mohler

Director

Joey King

Bessie

Abby Quinn

Josephine

Cara Seymour

Wiley Stephens

Scott Shepherd

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Nell Minow

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This is a powerful story, sensitively told, Pilcher and Mohler have a gift for conveying the sense of time and place and showing us the perspective of these young women, beautifully performed by Joey King and Abby Quinn.

Nov 22, 2021

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Claudia Puig

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

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 (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

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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Jennifer Merin

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It's an important and inspiring story well told.

Nov 22, 2021

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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: Willette Klausner, Harriet Leve, Jayne Baron Sherman, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner
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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