Synopsis
In a half-changed world, women are often forced to choose: Mothering or working? Your children's wellbeing or your own own? Responsibility or self expression? Who Does She Think She Is?, a documentary by Academy Award winning filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll, features five fierce women who refuse to choose. Through their lives, we explore some of the most problematic intersections of our time: mothering and creativity, partnering and independence, economics and art. Along the way, the film invites us to consider both ancient legacies of women worshipped as cultural muses and more modern times where most people can't even name a handful of female artists. In the end, the diverse women in the film demonstrate that our creativity and our caregiving are not mutually exclusive, but deeply connected. In fact, their co-existence might just be the key to finishing the job.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
6.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
2.9%
Critic Consensus
87.8% Fresh • 278 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely positive, with 88% of 278 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize character-driven, emotional, suspenseful. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
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Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|
| Carey Mulligan | 2008 | $1,926,000 | $2,806,000 | (est) |
| Zoe Kazan | 2008 | $1,185,000 | $1,727,000 | (est) |
| Patricia Clarkson | 2008 | $892,000 | $1,300,000 | (est) |
| Andre Braugher | 2008 | $730,000 | $1,063,000 | (est) |
| Jennifer Ehle | 2008 | $624,000 | $909,000 | (est) |
| Samantha Morton | 2008 | $549,000 | $800,000 | (est) |
| Ashley Judd | 2008 | $493,000 | $719,000 | (est) |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score88.0
RT critic review count278
Rotten Tomatoes audience score91.0
RT audience rating count250
IMDb rating8.1
IMDb votes54
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2008 | $3,081 | $4,489 |
| International | 2008 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2008 | $3,081 | $4,489 |
Earnings / Profitability
Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 2008 | $1,540 | $2,245 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2008 | $29,000 | $42,254 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2008 | $10,000 | $14,570 |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2008 | $242,000 | $352,603 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2008 | $501,000 | $729,975 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2008 | $75,000 | $109,278 |
| Total Revenues | 2008 | $858,540 | $1,250,925 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2008 | $250,000 (est) | $364,259 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2008 | $80,000 (est) | $116,563 (est) |
| Participations | 2008 | $17,000 | $24,770 |
| Residuals ? | 2008 | $53,000 | $77,223 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2008 | $50,000 | $72,852 |
| Total Expenses | 2008 | $450,000 | $655,667 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2008 | $408,540 | $595,258 |
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|---|
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Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $0, DVD $456,000, BluRay $45,000
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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