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The Handmaid's Tale

A haunting tale of sexuality in a country gone wrong.

6.1(300)19901h 48m5

In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.

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Status
Released
Budget
$13M
Box office
$5M
Language
English
  • rebellion
  • future
  • canada
  • rape
  • based on novel or book
  • escape
  • paranoia
  • dystopia
  • slavery
  • sexism
  • surrogate mother
  • feminist

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Germany, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR9 Mar 1990
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalMA 15+2 Aug 1990
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1630 Nov 1990
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1615 Feb 1990

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The Handmaid's Tale was released on 15 February 1990.

Audience reviews

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    GenerationofSwine

    1/12/2023

    10/10

    Now look at this, someone made the Handmaid's Tale into something watchable. You know what the difference between this and the series is? I'll give you a hint it's two things... do you have it yet? Time and story. The TV show has FAR too many episodes, and each is far too long to tell a compelling story. The 1990 HBO version is only about 100 minutes. It's not dragged out to the point where it is filled to over…

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    CinemaSerf

    6/8/2024

    6/10

    Yikes, but there must have been some volume of hairspray used in this production that makes the "Stepford Wives" look like an ordinary family street. The women are divided into two groups in this futurist version of the USA. The blue are the privileged and wealthy, the red are the surrogates in a society that cannot now readily breed. A few lucky men are the commanders, lording over everyone and having their own fun …

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