I'm Your Woman Movie Review - Alterations

The hunted becomes the hunter in this impressive story from Julia Hart and Jordan Horowitz.

A human body is a package of surprises. We never know about some of our obscure capabilities because we don't get a chance to try them out. Swimming may appear like a challenging sport until one starts peddling in the pool. Writing 500-700 words may seem impossible until one picks up the pen or moves fingers across the keyboard. The probability of success or failure is secondary. What's important is to try. While the mentioned scenarios mostly happen voluntarily, sometimes we can be plunged into an undesirable situation only to realize that you could survive even the worst cases possible. This experience helps in telling something new about us.

In Julia Hart's I'm Your Woman, Jean (an excellent Rachel Brosnahan) says she could never become a mother. One day her husband, Eddie (Bill Heck), brings in a baby and assigns him as Jean's offspring. Before its revelation, the movie gives a hint as to what Eddie does for a living by using the famous "door closing scene" from The Godfather. The baby is named Harry. Jean is not a "professional" mother, using textbook examples like feeding and rocking to calm him down. At two points, the child is dulcified not by giving food but by taking him in arms and loving him. In both the moments, it is someone else, not Jean, who performs the deed. She observes and comprehends. Eventually, she learns to sing and make funny noises to giggle the baby.

This learning curve is initiated when Eddie goes missing, and Cal (Arinzé Kene) is appointed in charge of Jean. She follows Cal to safe houses. He warns not to make contacts or move around the neighborhood. Before leaving, he gives a number to call during an emergency. Trouble roams in the corner, and with a baby in hand, the situation gets more dangerous. You cannot maintain stealth if the little kid bawls as you hide behind a closet. Hart teases this scenario in an impressive scene where you anticipate babies cry to reveal a hidden Jean as the subtitle goes "footsteps outside room."

"I shouldn't bring a baby into a life like this. Eddie's a criminal," Jean tells Cal in a beautiful, intimate scene where both are kept in the center of the frame giving importance to their conversation. It's a bad bad world out there. People smash the door lock and break-in, tie up the residents, shoot bullets in a club. No wonder we see Jean pronouncing not "mother" or "father" or "apple" but "fire" to Harry. "F... F... Fire. Hot." Although I'm Your Woman features gangs, violence, guns, and chases, it is not exactly a crime film. Nor does it linger on racial discrimination: A police officer assumes Cal to be the villain when he sees him with Jean. "Are you sure you're all right? Ma'am why are you with this man?"

So what is I'm Your Woman about? Jean and Jean only. Hart with writer Jordan Horowitz watches the growth of a woman from a comfortable domestic to a tough survivor. Here is a woman who, in the beginning, doesn't think much of herself: "I'm a terrible cook/I've never been on my own" She blames her "criminal" lifestyle for the inability to produce a child, "I told myself that's why I kept losing them. That's why they wouldn't stay with me." Compare this to Jean, who is solely and confidently framed in the end as she drives with a smile signifying great achievement. This version of Jean can give a headshot. This version of Jean can put a smile on the baby. This version of Jean can tackle problems independently. This version of Jean has immensely evolved. This version of Jean is your strong woman.

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