A passionate art history professor challenges 1950s societal expectations, inspiring her students to find their own way.
Earnest and feel-good. A comfort watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Kanopy (free) and Hoopla (free).
It stays inside its PG-13, with some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.
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Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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