Seeing Allred (2018) Reviews

• ONE SIDED

  markj-025562018-02-14

  Seeing Allred is a documentary about Gloria Allred, an American lawyer famous for appearing at rallies and creating media stunts for her clients. This doc is directed by Roberta Grossman (Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action) and Sophie Sartain (Mimi and Dona). The doc is well made, with great editing and music to keep somebody entertained continuously. It also has a great structure, with Allred telling her life story with in put from other people, from beginning to end. It helps that Allred is quite a interesting person and has been involved in much every high profile case, from the time she was became a lawyer, till now. The major problem with this doc is that it is 100% one sided. Allred is one of the most controversial people in America. Yet, we get presented with a documentary telling us that she is an amazing person with no faults. Not to say she isn't a person with no faults. But I would like to hear the views of the people who don't like her t make a judgement for myself on weather I like her or not. Instead it is saying that she is a saint and it is stupid if you don't like her. May I just say I watched this documentary without knowing who Gloria Allred is, so I watched this doc completely unbiased. Which is why I wanted 2 points of view. Well made and very interesting, but the one sided nature of the film is overwhelming to say the least. 5/10

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• Excellent Doc!

  rachelandres2018-02-10

  This documentary explores Allred's many supporters and detractors alike. It is an honest portrayal of an attorney who has made it her life's work to support those who have been wronged by society. Incredible film. Saw it at Sundance and the audience jumped to their feet in a standing ovation when it ended. Not to be missed.

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• Changed my opinion

  SteverB2018-02-11

  I went into this doc with trepidation because I had always considered Gloria Allred to be a brash, loud-mouthed feminist, who had nothing to say that didn't make her money. Unlike at least one reviewer here, I can admit to being wrong AFTER actually watching the film. Gloria Allred is a fighter, and yes, she does appear on TV a lot, but there is a deeper purpose in it. She is laser focused on women's rights and getting her message out to the general public, so that change can be achieved. The documentary takes us through Gloria's fight and even some of her early life, but you can tell by watching that she doesn't really consider herself part of the story. As I said, LASER-focused on other women. To be honest, it's stunning to me that Allred is still very necessary in 2018 America, but she clearly is. Anyone who can look objectively at what's happened in and to the country in the past two years knows that. There are some that won't see it and that's to their detriment. Truth truly does set us free! So, no matter what you currently feel about Gloria Allred, watch this doc. It was well worth my time, is well put together, and I can almost guarantee that if your opinion of her has been formed from listening to others, your opinion will be changed.

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• Fantastic, Pure and Awe-Inspiring.

  katienicholas2018-02-09

  Absolutely fantastic documentary. Showing the truth, not the media bias, behind this woman's remarkable story. If this does not resonate or appeal to you in some way, I can't help but question your agenda, or even heart and mind. Someone who fights for truth, humanity and justice in the way Gloria Allred does, all while being continually misrepresented and misinterpreted, deserves your utmost attention and this film brings you a golden opportunity to really 'see' Allred for who really she is and exactly what she stands for. The idea that she is a woman who does what she does to only pursue fame and money is complete propaganda and nonsense - anyone who falls for such fallacy is surely small-minded and fearful of what she stands for. She is an activist. And a brilliant one at that.

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• Far Too Reverential

  Fiahm2018-02-09

  Far too reverential a treatment for one of the most monstrous people in American public life, a rabid ideologue grown wealthy and famous through the exploitation of the real and imagined suffering of others. The film is well made in every department but asks none of the difficult questions you'd want to see asked, never once scratching the surface, accepting the narrative and worldview presented by Allred as the only one possible, and so ends up being little more than a journalistic puff piece and largely pointless. The only questioning voices came from three-second long clips of Allred's cartoon depictions in The Simpsons and South Park. In 2018, the presentation of oneself as a victim is the surest path to power, money, and fawning adoration, and Allred has this down herself impeccably. But both on an individual and societal level, this is a terrible way to live, and the identity politics she is ticking the boxes of at every opportunity throughout this documentary is eating away at both our culture and our future like a cancer. There is a great documentary waiting to be made addressing the hysteria and insanity western society is presently consumed by, and the role played by Allred and her ilk in both initiating and exacerbating that hysteria, but this sadly is not it.

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