I'm Your Woman: A Female-Centered Crime Story

Have you ever wondered what happens to the women in crime thrillers? What are they doing while their husbands are on the run. We only see them for brief moments, but they are people. Writer-Director Julia Hart's film follows the women that always are left behind in these stories, she took it on to tell that story herself. I'm Your Woman stars, Rachel Brosnahan, as Jean in the side of that untold story.


Brosnahan stars as a young wife and mother who has no idea what is going to happen next. The film feels like a road trip with a woman in trouble that needs to constantly flee the scene she is in.


Jean is introduced as an unhappy 1970s housewife when her husband Eddie brings home a child with no explanation. Suddenly, one of Eddie's friends shows up, grabs $200,000, and tells Jean that she and the baby need to leave right now.


Jean knows her husband was a thief but everything she doesn't know about him unfolds throughout the movie. Jean is on the move to protect her and the baby with the help of Cal. Over the course of her journey, she discovers her own strength to take care of herself and others.


The film succeeds in making each supporting character complex and essential to the story. Jean gets help from Cal and other Black characters throughout the film. Teri and Art have backstories and motivations of their own. They aren't here to serve as token characters but actually are part of the film's complexities.


Brosnahan is known for her snappy style as Mrs. Maisel, but this performance shows a whole new side of her. She evolves from a helpless, fearful housewife to a fearless woman. She takes a woman we see time and time again as the background character and makes her moving and effective. It feels like she is learning information and at the same time, the audience does which helps keep the story suspenseful.


The film offers a portrait of a damsel in distress who learns with the help of other characters how to be her own woman. She has a very maternal feel but can hold her own in violent scenes where she rises above the stereotypes of women and surprises her enemies.

I'm Your Woman is thrilling and engaging without falling into classic Hollywood tropes. Hart presents a modern day mob story that has a hook and opens the door for more of these films to be made.