55 Steps

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55 Steps

PG-13

2017

1h 55m

Biography

Drama

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A workaholic lawyer helps a psychiatric patient sue a hospital for mistreating its patients.

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

11/28/2018

2.5/4

Somehow, these two difficult people are easy to watch, at least on the screen. They are honest to a fault, which is, in the end, their charm.

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

11/13/2018

The wild-haired Carter has the flashier role and, although she digs into it with gusto, she's all over the emotional map.

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

09/09/2017

Fails to elicit memorable work from any of its principal collaborators.

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

11/17/2018

Considering the ramifications of its true-life story, this earnest legal melodrama about fighting the system never achieves the necessary urgency or poignancy.

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Prairie Miller

WBAI Radio

11/08/2018

Though 55 Steps, well, side-steps the alarming political issues, with the doctors in question as cover for the true medical/pharmaceutical industrial complex villains, at its core this film transcends class as a remarkable female bonding story.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

10/07/2017

2.5/4

It's a relatively interesting story that's given the movie-of-the-week treatment by director Bille August...

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Julie F.

@feathers4pickles Dec 28

We really loved this. Swank and HBC do a great job - so tender and hopeful, really.

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Alida S

@RT19314339 03/19/2024

I loved this movie. The acting by the 2 leading ladies is soooo good, they moved me to tears and laughter when warranted.

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tom m

@RT96790832 08/05/2022

A very well done and interesting story. Helena Bonham Carter and Hilary Swank put in some great performances.

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown 03/08/2022

Helena Bonham Carter is brilliant as Eleanor, a psychiatric patient that is being over-drugged against her will. Swank plays the lawyer that won't back down and tries the famous Riese case that changes medical practices for the mentally ill.

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11/28/2021

Hilary Swank proves again that she is great at her job. Same with Helena B Carter. The movie moved along and kept the focus on the theme and they did so with heart.

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07/18/2021

Moves right along. Actors seem in toch with material. Bonham-Carter a standout.

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Synopsis

A workaholic lawyer helps a psychiatric patient sue a hospital for mistreating its patients.

Director: Bille August
Producer: Lesley Bruce-Neary, Anita Elsani, Sara Risher, Laurie Shearing
Screenwriter: Mark Bruce Rosin
Production Co: Elsani Film
Rating: PG-13 (Some Thematic Elements|Disturbing Images)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 16, 2018
Runtime: 1h 55m