Jane Fonda in Five Acts
A look at the life, work, activism and controversies of actress and fitness tycoon, Jane Fonda.
9 January 1913, Yorba Linda, California, USA
5 February 1919, New York City, New York, USA
7 April 1928, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
26 January 1928, Paris, France
21 December 1935, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
18 August 1936, Santa Monica, California, USA
29 January 1954, Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA
19 November 1936, Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
November 19, 1938 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
23 October 1925, Corning, Iowa, USA
11 December 1939, Detroit, Michigan, USA
November 19, 1945 in USA
September 27, 2018
The poignancy of Fonda's point of view on the various topics adds tremendously to the unfolding of this excellent film. Fonda makes no excuses saying, "I am what I am."
September 23, 2018
An extraordinarily intimate and perceptive new biography of the legendary actor and activist. Fonda reveals insecurities and anxieties that are achingly raw and very personal, but which many women will see themselves in.
September 24, 2018
It's a shame that the film tries to pack a life of overflowing abundance into a series of boxes that don't quite suit the contents they're designed to hold.
September 21, 2018
You do not have to like her work or activism to relate to this or rejoice with her as she takes control of her own narrative.
September 21, 2018
Director Susan Lacy has the great advantage of a subject whose life has been extensively documented literally since birth.
September 24, 2018
It's hard to overstate the pleasures of this film or, more precisely, this encounter with its subject.
September 20, 2018
An intriguingly human mirror of eight decades' worth of whirling social, political and cultural change.
September 21, 2018
Hearing extensively from Fonda -- at 80, vibrant, defiant and introspective -- is more than worth it, as she discusses the various lifetimes she's lived,
September 24, 2018
Although this doc is as conventional as Fonda herself has never been, Lacy tells a terrific story. The film reminds us why Fonda is the only actress of the '60s generation whose name still resonates.
September 20, 2018
The filmmaking in this doc may be conventional, but there's nothing conventional about its subject.
September 25, 2018
As seen through Lacy's compassionate lens, the Jane Fonda who lays bare her life in Five Acts is introspective and affable, confident yet forthcoming about her flaws and failures.
September 22, 2018
Indomitable
