Call Jane

2022
12A
2h 1m

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6.5/10

6.8K

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Sigourney Weaver and Elizabeth Banks in Call Jane (2022)

A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.

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A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America when she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America when she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America when she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

6.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations total

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Trailer 2:25

Call Jane

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Call Jane: We Are All Jane

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Call Jane: You Are All I Have

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Call Jane: You Could Have Been A Nurse

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Trivia
Call Jane is based on the true story of a network of activists who helped provide underground abortions in 1960 and 70s Chicago. These activists called themselves "Jane," or "the Jane collective." People seeking abortions were told to "call Jane." That said, the characters in Call Jane are not based on specific people.

Goofs
The film is set in 1968. In a scene early on in the film, in which Gwen is picking up Joy, a house in the background has solar panels.

Quotes
Will: How can you just keep going?
Joy: It's what I do. It's what I've always done. Ah! It's what I will always do.
Will: I don't know how to fix this.
Joy: I do.

Connections
Featured in The View: Sigourney Weaver/Elizabeth Banks (2022)

Soundtracks
Silent Island
Written by Darla Hood and Ronnie Buck
Performed by Modesto Duran & Orchestra

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Featured review

8/10

Who would have predicted that another "Call Jane" movement would be necessary in 2023?

The right to choose was settled until it wasn't! Who would have thought that another "Call Jane" movement would be necessary in 2023?

The film while not perfect get the message across that women were not in control of their own bodies, could not terminate a pregnancy even when medically necessary and the woman's life was in danger. One of the opening scenes has Elizabeth Banks as Joy, pregnant with congestive heart trouble and a hospital board of men voting no on terminating her pregnancy because she might live through it. I almost forgot how dire the situation was back when abortion was illegal in my lifetime. The pill had just become available and has been life changing for women. The film does a good job portraying that time. What a travesty that women's rights have been taken away in more than half of America. I would not have ever predicted that we could regress but we have. It is a tragic state of affairs.

Termination is everyone woman's right. It is a private decision. Laws against women, doctors, pharmaceutical companies, and culpability against anyone willing to help girls and women access to medical help are despicable.

I recommend this film for everyone.