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I Am Mother (2019)
A biblical motherhood in sci-fi
I am Mother is really worth watching. One of those psychological sci-fi movies that will keep you on your toes.
It is also really good material for a Feminist Studies class: Kandiyoti and Yuval-Davies and the biological reproduction of the nation (in this case humanity). Embrioes are classified by an alphanumerical code plus the only distinguishable label: Female. And of course the mother teaches her ballet and crafts...
There are many interesting ideas to explore in this movie: about trust, about challenging our beliefs, about the construction of the Other, about ethics (watch out for the ethics class).
In the end, however, this movie is about exalting the role of women as mothers
within a biblical and Jewish symbology of humanity's redemption.
Pas son genre (2014)
Total cliché
Abnoxious and sexist. France has still a long way to go in terms of overcoming its inherent sexism. From the time to when the Revolutionary Government guillotined Olympe de Gouges, to their current incapability at saying 'people' or 'human' instead of man/'homme'. This movie is a cliché about how a "rational" intellectual man confronts nature/feelings and emotions through a romance with a less educated working-class girl (blue eye shadow, big ear rings, occasional glitter...). He has to take all steps forward to conquer her and she is the gate keeper of her morality until she gives in to sex and of course love. Their story is so cliché and yet the movie failed to make it believable... She is an object. Her beauty is discussed, admired. The movie obviously fails the Bechtel test. She tells him that jealousy is an indicator of love! Looking for the mythological man that was changed by love. Have you met this myhtological man? He's in the movies, over and over.
Support the Girls (2018)
Only Regina Hall saves the movie
The whole story plot is too messy. Some dialogues are not sharp enough, and the silences, supposed to give realness to the scenes, just feel forced. The car "race" with cubby is so badly explained. Some actors are not good. The whole movie lacks pace and even purpose. I understand what the director is trying to do, but he does not really manage to get there. The only good points of this movie is the humanization of the characters in it, and Regina Hall's performance. The conclusion in the end is: wtf is wrong with the US?