Woman Walks Ahead

Surprising film with excellent performances! "it's damn hard being brave". 5 stars

Woman Walks Ahead is a decent film. It is about a portrait painter from 1890s Brooklyn who travels to Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull. Jessica Chastain and Louise Krause give good performances. The script is a little slow in places. Susanna White did alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama and history.

I enjoyed this movie and the story it told about painter Catherine Weldon among the Sioux Indians and Sitting Bull leading up to the Massacre of Wounded Knee which to this day is a black mark on the history books for the American Cavalry.

An touching drama based on historical events with a skilled cast and inspiring locations. Although I was disappointed to see New Mexico as a stand-in for North Dakota. I would recommend and tire of reading comments from "Top Critics" who criticize fictional dramas based on historical characters as if they were non-fiction biographies. This is not a documentary. In this time of Covid, maybe I like a hint of romance mixed with history. I may not be a "Top Critic", but I have been watching films for over 50 years.

Entertaining. Well acted. Good cinematography. Slow paced, decent script that does have several historical inaccuracies, but also portrays some informative historical facts on the 1887 Dawes Act, the treatment of the Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux and their leader Sitting Bull, and the unrest in the Dakota Territory. Not sure why it has the R rating, no blatant nudity or language with 2 mildly violent scenes. If you watch, not for historical accuracy, but purely for entertainment value, this is a compelling and enjoyable movie IMHO! (to get the historically accurate info, I suggest looking up Sitting Bull and Catherine Weldon after watching the film)

A very interesting movie about the female artist who painted Sitting Bull and the respect and understanding that developed between people who were from two completely different worlds. I really enjoyed it and learned a lot.

Caroline Weldon (Jessica Chastain), a portrait painter from 1890s Brooklyn, travels to Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull (Michael Greyeyes) and becomes embroiled in the Lakota peoples' struggle over the rights to their land... Rotten Tomatoes critical consensus reads, "Woman Walks Ahead gets some extra mileage out of watchable work from Jessica Chastain and Michael Greyeyes, but uneven pacing and two-dimensional characters undermine their efforts." Despite mixed reviews, Michael Greyeyes received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Sitting Bull. The New York Times critic Jeannette Catsoulis called his performance "a miracle of intelligence and dignity". RogerEbert.com contributor Susan Wloszczyna raved about his performance, calling it "the most subtle, soulful, and believable". Los Angeles Times and Village Voice described his presence as captivating as "wry wit and quiet gravity" while the latter described his performance as "stirring". This biographical drama Western film directed by Susanna White has really nice cinematography, a great acting ensemble and a sense of historical importance storywise. However, I think "Woman Walks Ahead" is also a bit pretentious, has a wobbly script with apparently inaccurate historical events and is simply not fully satisfying. Trivia: Catherine Weldon's portrait of Sitting Bull now hangs in the State Historical Society Museum in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Woman Walks Ahead benefits from three very good actors as its leads, but it tries to tell the most romanticized story and by the end of the film, you fail to grasp the impact of real-life Catherine Weldon's actions.

Powerful story about a tragic event and time. All the actors do a great job, especially Rockwell.

Yes, it's a bit romanticized. OK, a lot. Still loved it.