Call Jane

Saw this at BFI London Film Festival. Elizabeth Banks was lovely as Joy about a not very joyous story! The film true story about the 'Janes', an underground club of women in Chicago 1960s, who secretly provided 12,000 women and girls with desperate abortions from life threatening situations. Fight for legalizing abortion in the States. Lightweight movie. Raids and legal battles were left out of the film. Sigourney Weaver looked tired and not her feisty self. Questions of morality and legality were left out. And after too many abortions, the story felt cold hearted and abortions were performed almost routinely. Nevertheless, it was a triumph for women who have a right to choose.