American women owe a debt to Gloria Steinem. Julie Taymor owes her an apology. “The Glorias,” an overlong, unfocused and distractingly stylized take on Ms. Steinem’s life, commits various sins of self-indulgence, as is the wont of film director Taymor, best known for her Broadway staging of “The Lion King.” Her hagiographic treatment of Ms. Steinem’s life, which parallels the modern women’s movement in America, assumes its viewers know and care deeply about the history being recounted, tells them everything anyway, and sidesteps the inconveniences of basic storytelling. The director also makes her subject something she’s...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 29, 2020 19:30 UTC