Day of the Woman

If you want a drama that takes its characters as seriously as its plot, Day of the Woman is available in Australia on Foxtel Now, and in the US on Philo and AMC Plus Apple TV Channel right now. The runtime earns every minute, with nothing here that feels like padding. Its 6/10 TMDB score, built from 722 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Camille Keaton sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. There is no real reason to keep putting it off — it is right there on Foxtel Now.

Day of the Woman is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. Day of the Woman trusts its audience to sit with discomfort instead of resolving it too quickly. A young, beautiful career woman rents a backwoods cabin to write her first novel. Attacked by a group of local lowlifes and left for dead, she devises a horrific plan to inflict revenge. Camille Keaton and Eron Tabor lead a cast that treats the material with real seriousness. Day of the Woman came out in 1978. What elevates Day of the Woman is a refusal to let any character off the hook too easily. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Viewers drawn to character-driven storytelling will find plenty to sit with in Day of the Woman. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single evening. Camille Keaton carries the material with a performance that rewards close attention. Worth starting sooner rather than later.