Call Jane

Call Jane

A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.

  • Released: 2022-10-27
  • Runtime: 121 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Stars: Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Wunmi Mosaku, Kate Mara, Cory Michael Smith, Grace Edwards, John Magaro, Aida Turturro, Emily Creighton, Gina Jun, Rebecca Henderson, Bianca D'Ambrosio
  • Director: Phyllis Nagy
 Comments
  • Intermissionman_ - 6 June 2023
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    Touchy Subject Matter but Very Well Told Story. If you got the Time, Chick Flick maybe, Women Unite Yes. Set in 1968, but still a somewhat Political Issue today. Elizabeth Banks Stars !!

    CALL JANE is not a person but Union. You might wonder why a single white male like myself would be interested in this Story ? Besides being Fan of Elizabeth Banks. I have lived one block from a Planned Parenthood location in So Cal for 25 years. Every Saturday morning there are Protesters with Signs for PRO LIFE. Sometimes they Parade around the Neighborhood, Personally I am neutral ,but feel like it is a good idea to stay informed about Abortion. Read articles ,See Movies about it , instead of making judgments. Pretty Good Soundtrack too ! To Each His Own.
  • flingebunt - 14 December 2022
    Turns out middle class white women can save anyone and everyone
    In the US, every social cause requires a white person to save the day, and ideally it will be a blonde middle class white woman. Normally they are saving African Americans, but in Call Jane, a group of dedicated, intelligent and committed activists who run an underground abortion service have a problem, and only a mousy naive blonde middle class white woman can save the day.

    Hooray for middle class white women, without them, no problems will ever be solved. Aside from that, it barely touches on the stories of backgrounds behind the underground abortion services of the 1960s. We don't find out the story of the dedicated feminist, the black activist or the Catholic nun. So ummm, just watch a documentary instead.
  • rverdonschot - 15 November 2022
    Well acted, but lacks tension and has very weird upbeat tone.
    What a weird movie. I understand why somebody would want to tell this story and it certainly is an important story to tell. But for such a serious subject this is somehow a very upbeat film. The tone seemed completely wrong to me. It looks like this group of ladies is having fun with what their doing. I understand they would take pride in their cause, but I would think a movie about illegal abortions would be a bit more serious and a bit less witty. Also, despite their actions being dangerous and illegal, there is literally NO tension in the film. There is bo threat of being caught, despite Call Jane posters plastered all over the city. Even Joy's husband doesn't seem to care that much after finding out, he just kisses the woman next door for some reason, a plotpoint that quickly goes nowhere and get's on with things. Race is dragged into the discussion for about two seconds and then forgotten about almost inmediately. And then... the movie skips a few years, all is well and resolved and the story is over. Weaver and Banks kept me engaged enough to sit out this overlong movie, but man... it is a weird film and kind of boring as well.
  • gshickler - 25 June 2022
    RELEASE IT ALREADY
    Saw it at Sundance. The public needs this movie NOW. Every person needs to be reminded that women DIED when abortion was illegal. Please put this movie in theaters now.