The film revolves around three strong-willed women (Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Michelle Williams) as their lives intersect in small-town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail.
1 June 1940, New York City, New York, USA
15 October 1946, Davenport, Iowa, USA
24 August 1961, London, England, UK
6 August 1977, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
10 February 1960, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
10 February 1967, Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
15 April 1943, Du Quoin, Illinois, USA
9 April 1990, Los Angeles, California, USA
9 September 1980, Kalispell, Montana, USA
12 September 1979, Martinez, California, USA
14 March 1979, Houston, Texas, USA
27 April 1962, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
April 23, 2017
Every masterfully-composed frame seethes with thoughts left unspoken but sentiments still made plain.November 03, 2016
For the most part, these narratives lack the kind of tension between character and setting that have made Reichardt's quiet, modest, measured films so compelling.October 30, 2016
Certain Women is a film where a missed opportunity to connect, or a brief, surprising flash of empathy, feels crucial enough to pore over days after seeing it.March 02, 2017
If the characters here are often sparing with their words, or even withholding, the visuals speak volumes.October 27, 2016
"Certain Women" requires patience from the viewer and isn't for anyone, but it's a film of quiet and lingering beauty.March 10, 2017
Viewers who take the time to peer underneath the surface will find plenty of churning drama and resonance.March 10, 2017
Not a movie filled with laughs, action or startling revelations but one that sticks in the memory and impresses with its subtlety.April 21, 2017
The three stories, which very loosely overlap, are handled in a minimalist yet subtly emotional manner and this calm, understated film is a delight.April 23, 2017
An intimate, expressive psychological exercise in examining the ebbs and flows of life on both a micro and macro level.December 30, 2016
As with all of Reichardt's films, the gems are in the smallest moments -- the half smiles, the non-reactions and the silences between two people barely connecting.October 21, 2016
Beautifully filmed and performed - the opening sequence using mirrors and doorframes to fuse the torsos of two characters to form a whole - is stunning, but in the end, the overall concept left me in the dark.