His & Hers (2009 film)

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His & Hers
Directed byKen Wardrop
Produced byKen Wardrop
Production
companies
Irish Film Board
Venom Films
Distributed byElement Pictures
Release dates
11 March 2011
Theatrical release: 18 June 2011
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish

His & Hers is a 2009 Irish documentary film directed and produced by Ken Wardrop in which Irish women, mainly from the Irish Midlands, talk about their relationships with men. [1] [2] [3]

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Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 86% approval rating based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. [4]

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian called the documentary "charming", but also added that the film is "pretty obvious and soft-focus[ed]". [5] Julian White of Lettle White Lies wrote "No great surprises in the early segments, but the intensity grows as the shadows of age and illness fall". [6] Cath Clarke of Time Out wrote: "You would need to be made of stone not to be charmed by the wit and warmth of these women". [7] The Village Voice 's Michelle Orange said "It's around the birthing years that Wardrop's extremely selective homemaker's oral history-crafted to soothe with its placid framing and cheery, meditative tone-begins to close around you like doily-papered walls". [8]

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References

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  2. "His & Hers". Movies.ie. Archived from the original on 26 June 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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  4. "His & Hers (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  5. Bradshaw, Peter (10 March 2011). "'The Emoji Story': Film Review". The Guardian . Guardian Media Group . Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  6. White, Julian (10 March 2011). "His & Hers". Lettle White Lies .
  7. Clarke, Cath (8 March 2011). "His & Hers". Time Out .
  8. Orange, Michelle (8 June 2010). "A Quick Look at BAMcinemaFEST Docs: His & Hers". The Village Voice . Retrieved 3 August 2021.