Watched this today.
In most ways this film is exactly as I hoped. Very silly and funny, generally well pitched… mostly a riot for the first half / two thirds. Such a breath of fresh air to what’s been coming out recently.
The film mocks women, men and the interactions between them, as well as shallow depictions of women and men. It mocks feminism and masculinity. It also ultimately promotes woman
and men in all the right ways.
The film starts leaning quite heavily on themes of patriarchy around the 2/3rds mark, which is
mostly very funny and I did sympathise deeply with the (very reasonably made) messages along these lines - it did generally make me feel sorry for all the BS women deal with. But I could definitely feel my own cynicism
starting to creep it during this particularly ‘one sided’ stretch. The usual ‘Hollywood hates men’ squad on here will absolutely
hate this section. But, I think it’s no coincidence that the super depressed person sitting by themselves in a park at one point earlier on in a film is… a man. It’s made abundantly clear at the end that everyone struggles with their place, even men.
So, if you’re a man, be prepared to be the brunt of fair and mostly hilarious teasing, with a slightly heavy handed stretch of ‘anti-patriarchy’. It doesn’t kill the mood though, some of the funniest moments are in this section… particularly a bizarre cutaway of building a wall
Unfortunately, the very last joke of the film is just a bit awkward and unfunny - a strange note to end on after such a solid effort!
Regardless, good stuff! 8/10
