‘Being Heumann’ Review: Siân Heder’s Drama About the Fight for Disability Rights Strikes Familiar Notes but Gets the Inspirational Uplift Job Done

Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center-Right · Published: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:09:59 GMT

Ruth Madeley plays the leader of a milestone 1977 anti-discrimination protest, Judy Heumann, in Apple’s crowd-pleaser from the ‘CODA’ director, which opened the Toronto Film Festival.

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The same story across the political spectrum (15 sources)

Center: ‘Being Heumann’ Review: Siân Heder & Talented Disabled Ensemble Recount Historic Protest That Paved Way For ADA — Toronto Film Festival — deadline.com
Center: ‘Being Heumann’ Review: Disabled Actors Light Up Siân Heder’s Crowd-Pleasing Drama — www.thewrap.com
Center: ‘Being Heumann’ Review: Siân Heder’s First Film Since ‘CODA’ Is a Bold and Stirring Dramatization of the Protest That Launched the Disabled-Rights Revolution — www.variety.com
Center-Left: Being Heumann review – Coda director’s disability rights drama is well-intentioned but clunky — www.theguardian.com
Right: 'Relieved of command': Republican candidate tells lying Democrats where to go — www.theblaze.com
Right: ‘The Fix’ Review: Zachary Levi Takes Iran in an Ill-Conceived, Overlong Misfire — www.thewrap.com

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