I just received an anonymous comment on my critique of the film Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman.

I thought it important to highlight in order to respect differing opinions. Although the more I think about the film the more convinced I am of my position, I still appreciate considerate, well-thought out comments like this one. Here’s what they think, you’ve read what I think, now you should see it and decide for yourself.

I have a feeling that this won’t be received very well but I actually thought the film was quite good. I definitely hear what you all are saying in regards to Fox’s egocentricity. I still think she clearly recognized how amazing the women she was speaking with were and did a wonderful job of capturing their strong personalities on film. Hate her or love her, Fox’s personal life is the thread that ties the film together and without her we wouldn’t have heard these other women’s remarkable stories.

Fox makes it very clear that her motivation for making the film is for personal reasons so there’s no need to feel surprised and angry if there’s a lot of her in it. What makes it good is that on her path to self-discovery or whatever you want to call it she meets a great number of women who share (with Fox and among each other) a surprising number of similarities. Seeing these connections that linked women from all over the globe was for me inspiring and thought-provoking. So, I apologize for the long post but I basically wanted to say that this film has some fantastic characters and if you allow yourself to look at the larger issues the film addresses (i.e. sexual abuse) this can be a very powerful documentary.