when the title card comes up and you realise that you've been holding your breath the entire time

they had benny safdie hit the vape and for what. what did that add. that’s all im thinking about

Seeing Shia LaBeouf's problematic ass being cast in movies in 2020-2021 feels like Jeffrey Star’s career

Unnecessary

vanessa kirby burps for 30 minutes and she still looks ethereal it’s not FAIR she has too much power

An acting coach's favorite movie.

I like to ask myself after watching a movie “Would this movie exist if it wasn’t trying to win any awards?” There simple answer with Pieces of a Woman is no. Despite its heartbreaking themes and amazingly difficult dramatic performances, something about it feels empty. It’s as if you watched these characters go through pain without reason. I get that this movie is a vehicle for the actors to really do their thing but if you wanna make a truly great movie you gotta have more meat to it. The story is pretty one-note and none of the characters feel multi-layered, leaving the movie to have no other reason to exist besides getting Vanessa Kirby (and maybe Ellen Burstyn) an Oscar.

kirby: full loaded

"Time heals all wounds"
                         - Guy at the Church
                                               - Benny Safdie

35

Needlessly exhausting. Felt like I was being screamed at the entire time, but with little to no nuance in the performances or formal choices, it feels like a lot of work with little payoff.

A lot of emotions run through this movie. Vanessa Kirby's performance was outstanding and so was Shia's. If only Shia had not shown his tiny penis, I would have given this five stars. What did he think this was, a Game of Thrones episode?!

Really tough watch, especially the first half hour, which ends up being the most striking part of the film. Fantastic performances all round, especially Kirby and Burstyn. Shore’s score features some beautiful moments, especially the waltzy track. I liked how the narrative was structured around a nuanced portrayal of dealing with grief and trauma. I felt that the ‘legal battle’ aspect of the plot was the weakest element, and I think I would’ve liked more time focusing on a deeper dive into character. I felt that because the amazing first 30 mins is almost an epigraph to the main story, they didn’t want to push the runtime of the film over two hours in total, and I felt that certain sections of the story and characters could have been fleshed out more and explored with an extra half hour. Overall, I find myself only having minor gripes though.

Since I watched "The Crown" season 1 and 2 I fell in love with Vanessa Kirby's acting skills as Princess Margaret. Pieces of a Woman is a film that has come to confirm that Vanessa is one of the Greatest actresses of our generation. She deserves that Oscar nomination.

Pieces of a Woman is remarkable drama with an amazing performance by Vanessa Kirby. She brings a very emotional and heartbreaking character suffering from the loss of her child. It's hard to relate or imagine but the way she's handling it is Oscar-worthy. Shia Lebeouf and Ellen Burstyn are great side characters and strengthen the overall easy plot. It's a must see movie but don't expect a groundbreaking one.

L'année commence fort avec cet horrible PIECES OF A WOMAN. Prototype du film de festival avec des sabots énormes, qui basent tout sur de la PERFORMANCE et du symbolisme. La fameuse scène de l'accouchement dont tout le monde parle m'a écoeuré, c'était que de la perofmance technique et d'interprétations, il n'y avait aucune compassion pour le sort de son personnage. Et soi disant cest la meilleure scene du film alors je vous laisse imaginer ma peine face au reste du métrage qui est atrocement écrit(les DIALOGUES)

Je partais défaitiste avec le film ça a sûrement un peu joué aussi

A film with a heavy heart. Vanessa Kirby gives a great performance. I didn't buy the climatic monologue at the trial. After such a measured pace (which I loved) it really felt too much like a "movie solution". Also Shia and Sarah Snook in those roles feel a bit typecasted.

ما عندي كلام يوصف الحاله اللي وصلتها الي

heartbreaking

The story of a woman and her family as a whole dealing with birth that doesn't exactly according to plan. Kornél Mundruczó's 7th film, the Hungarian director known for works like Delta, Tender Son and White God. The film's opening is extraordinary as it shows the process of child birth in the first 30 minutes. From then, veers off into a family drama breakdown which is still well made but not as interesting. Till the film reconnects, towards the end, to its true strengths and we feel again the mother's emotions again and the film's beauty. Amazing performance by Vanessa Kirby as she really gave an incredible performance.

There was a rawness to it that was interesting at times, but lacked narrative structure, the part after the birth was a long downfall. The prosthetic belly looked too obviously fake to me. Both the mother's and daughter's monologues around which there was a lot of hype felt underwhelming at best, even forced, awkward. Let me not get started with the way they wrote that one Black guy. I would be perplexed by the raving reviews and the Oscar, if Kirby was not a conventionally attractive blonde white woman.

A few pieces missing