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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranWorking Woman is more than a feature that makes compelling drama out of workplace sexual harassment; it’s an excellent work by any standard, a subtle and insightful character-driven drama that will compel anyone who cares about the interplay of personalities on-screen.
- 88Slant MagazinePat BrownSlant MagazinePat BrownMichal Aviad’s film forcefully brings home a reality that many of us have been aware of only intellectually.
- 88RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloRogerEbert.comMonica CastilloThe debate around sexual harassment is one many are having around the world, far beyond hashtags and press releases. Working Woman is a part of that global and cultural conversation, yet it never loses that personal focus of one woman’s experience.
- 80Film ThreatAndy HowellFilm ThreatAndy HowellTo its credit, Working Woman is laser-focused on its theme. There are no superfluous characters or side-plots. There’s no best friend to confide in, no hilarious sidekick. There’s just a woman who feels all alone like there’s no one she can trust, no one who will understand her.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterElizabeth KerrThe Hollywood ReporterElizabeth KerrThe picture is a slow-burning but ultimately empowering drama that works despite a lack of the bigger, louder, more outwardly emotional moments it could have succumbed to.
- 80VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThis second narrative feature by Israeli documentarian Michal Aviad is a strong drama that eschews melodramatic contrivance, making its points via cool (yet sometimes squirm-inducing) observation.
- 80The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergDespite its surface-level placidity, the Israeli feature Working Woman unfolds like a psychological thriller — a procedural that, as it tightens its grip, captures how workplace sexual harassment slowly takes over one woman’s life.
- 75Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrWithout stooping to the uselessness of style, Working Woman makes its points simply by staying with Orna as she proceeds through stages of shock, humiliation, self-loathing, self-censorship, all emotions her husband finds difficult to understand and which the Bennys of the world rely on.
- 70TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanTheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanEvery moment indicates deep compassion for Orna, and anyone else who might be driven to see a multi-layered message movie for the #MeToo era.
- 70Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternBoth performances are strong; Ms. Ben-Shlush is especially appealing in what might have been a clichéd role. If anything, Working Woman goes out of its way to play fair by making Orna insufficiently self-protective. All the same, she’s an innocent on the way to becoming a victim in an understated polemic that becomes an affecting drama.