The Powder Room

Name: The Powder Room
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1996-09-22
Rating: 7

Documentary50m

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63%

Tomatometer

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35%

Popcornmeter

7.0

TMDB

Storyline

From behind the closed doors of women's washrooms, The Powder Room reveals women sharing intimacies in the privacy of each other's company. Originating from the director's observation that women trade secrets with friends and strangers in public washrooms, this innovative and candid documentary takes us to high school bathrooms, seniors centres' powder roooms, Newfoundland dance halls, New York nightclubs, a sauna in Copenhagen, a Casablanca hamman and country-and-western bars in Texas. In each location, as women are filmed in verité sequences, they confess their joys, their frustrations and their pain about love, sex, relationships with men and friendships with each other.

Details

DirectorAnn Kennard

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Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

2 fresh · 4 rotten

Deborah Ross

RTThe SpectatorSep 5, 2018

The message... is nothing new, but its portrayal of young women desperately trying to have a good time while actually having a miserable time isn't something I can remember seeing before, and it feels emotionally right.

Charlotte O'Sullivan

RTLondon Evening StandardDec 6, 2013

Sex, drugs and rock n roll. It's all here. And, best of all, there are no bloody weddings.

Mike McCahill

RTGuardianDec 5, 2013

Oh, here we go: the semi-inevitable cackhanded British attempt to summon up one-gazillionth of the interest generated by Bridesmaids or Girls.

Katie Smith-Wong

RTFlick FeastNov 21, 2019

Unfortunately, there isn't a lot that can be taken from Powder Room. The humour fails to pack a punch and the stark and almost crude portrayals of its characters seem to overwhelm the film.