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BIRTH STORY: INA MAY GASKIN AND THE FARM MIDWIVESMovie Reviews
Documentary about the woman who led a communal agricultural society that created a model of care for women and babies and changed a generation's approach to childbirth. Cast:Ina May Gaskin, Stephanie Sorensen, Stacie Hunt, Heather Chan, Stephen Gaskin, Mary Louise Perkins, Kay Marie Jacobson, Pamela Hunt, Cara Gillette, Mary Fjerstad, Patience Melnik, Sharon Wells, Joanne Santana, Deborah Devoursney, Marianne Gysae, Cornelia "Leela" Pratt, Marilyn Read, Rosalind Sedacca, Leslie Reynolds, Gerrie Sue Chappell, Janice Hunter Malafronte, Carol Nelson, Eva Gaskin, Rebecca Brown, Marilyn Harris, Kristina Kennedy Davis, Barbara Cheney, Anita WhippleDirector:Sara Lamm, Mary WigmoreRelease Date:January 16, 2013DVD Release: TBD Length:1 hr. 34 min.
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives, Very Good Reviews (Doc) Limited
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives played in limited release to very good reviews. • Cynthia Fuchs wrote for Pop Matters, "It doesn't argue against hospitals and doctors so much as it argues for midwives, and especially, for healthy, safe, and confident birthing." More Reviews Below...
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives Positive Reviews (8 Reviews, reviews below)
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: EXCELLENT(cg) "Ina May Gaskin doesn't look like a rebel... inspiring... highlights Gaskin's down-home gumption as an advocate for the glory of natural childbirth."(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 75 words, 01/18/13
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (2 Reviews)
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: GOOD "...it's difficult to resist Ms. Gaskin's commitment to putting the kindness back in confinement.... her beliefs are not for the fainthearted. But then, neither is motherhood."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 269 words, 01/16/13
David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE(cg) "...more interested in anointing its practitioners for sainthood than taking a serious look at the movement, but this documentary does have a thing or two going for it."(See all of David Lewis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 256 words, 03/08/13
Stan Hall, Portland Oregonian: VERY GOOD(cg) "...lovely... tells the history of how a bunch of hippies in rural Tennessee helped take the fear and clinical coldness out of giving birth..."(See all of Stan Hall's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 93 words, 02/01/13
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (2 Reviews)
Cynthia Fuchs, Pop Matters: VERY GOOD(cg) "It doesn't argue against hospitals and doctors so much as it argues for midwives, and especially, for healthy, safe, and confident birthing."(See all of Cynthia Fuchs's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 794 words, 01/16/13
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: GOOD "...it's difficult to resist Ms. Gaskin's commitment to putting the kindness back in confinement.... her beliefs are not for the fainthearted. But then, neither is motherhood."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 269 words, 01/16/13
MOVIE INDUSTRY (3 Reviews)
Justin Chang, Variety: VERY GOOD "Warm, spirited.... A disarming example of documentary filmmaking that stakes out an opinion with plain-spoken, commonsensical wisdom... insightful..."(See all of Justin Chang's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 545 words, 08/06/12
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: GOOD "...it's difficult to resist Ms. Gaskin's commitment to putting the kindness back in confinement.... her beliefs are not for the fainthearted. But then, neither is motherhood."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 269 words, 01/16/13
11.9 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives's reviews are separated by an average 11.9 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives (8 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives's reviews cover 12.6% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 2,689 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 336 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives Coverage, Volume & Length (8 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 3.9 Hours After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives's reviews on average broke 3.9 hours after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives (8 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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