Critic Reviews

• Ronnie Scheib, Variety

  One could, however, wish that this endless encomium played less like a PowerPoint sales pitch, illustrated with clip-art imagery, scored with generic music and narrated in mellifluous tones by Annette Bening.

• Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

  Kate Clere McIntyre and Saraswati Clere's less than revelatory documentary that incessantly makes the point that yoga is really, really good for you.

• Sara Stewart, New York Post

  The ancient Eastern tradition is demonstrably beneficial for both mind and body, but its execution can be so boring and its teachers so painfully earnest.

• Nicolas Rapold, New York Times

  Doing yoga proves more appealing than watching a film promote it.

• Jonathan Kiefer, Village Voice

  Yogawoman clearly is a fan of yoga and of women. And as it gently reminds us, these two special interests have not always been compatible.

• Brent Simon, Shockya.com

  With a stronger narrative spine and a little more sense of gender-gap curiosity, Yogawoman could bridge the gap between faithful yoga adherents and a general audience. As is, it does not.

• Gabrielle Lipton, Paste Magazine

  For what it is, the film is entirely feel-good, lauds women who are making positive changes in the world, and, if nothing else, provides a reminder to at least stretch once in a while.

• Marsha McCreadie, Film Journal International

  A pleasant and pretty polemic narrated by a serene Annette Bening, Yogawoman presents the ancient practice of yoga as a cure-all for the physical and spiritual ills of today's women.

• Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

  An explanation of the global phenomenon of yoga in the lives of women.

• Chuck Bowen, Slant Magazine

  It's less a film than an unimaginatively assembled series of talking heads.

• Simon Foster, sbs.com.au

  It's unapologetically one-sided and aimed entirely at the converted; if you don't know your half-tortoise from your full-locust then Yogawoman is probably not for you.

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