I never hear this from parents with well behaved children.
Always from single mom that are "strong and independent."
I also saw in the trailer questions like "do you need a man to raise a man" or something like that.
The cinematography seems pretty good though, and the acting is also believable.
Can someone tell me that has seen the film if this is a feminist leaning movie or will this be enjoyable to all?
Some of the characters have strongly feminist opinions, but it's an excellent film and also a great study of the time period. It will be enjoyable to all who love independent film.
shareI found it to be VERY feminist but I new that going in and that WASN'T the issue. The AB character subscribes to a "it takes a village to raise a child" mindset as she feels she's not doing the mother thing right.
The problem is the movie simply wasn't that good.
Yes it is a feminist leaning movie but it is also enjoyable to all... I think everyone can relate to at least one of the characters in the film.
shareBased on the intellectual bankruptcy of the OP, I'd say they should stay far away from this movie, even though it's very good.
First off "Raising children is hard" is not a line that anyone in this movie speaks, so this thread is already built on a canard.
The Greta Gerwig characters does say, "Having a kid seems like the hardest thing." She says that because she does not have one herself, but thanks for playing, OP.
Second, if you're already suspicious of a movie where the principle cast are women, then it doesn't really matter what people write here to convince a person who thinks a movie feat. women in 3 of the 4 principle roles=feminist leaning, as if those two things can't be mutually exclusive.
Again, the fact that women are the principle cast (apart from the teen son) already has someone's back up means their subtle prejudice against women will taint their view of this movie even though it has no agenda other than to allow us to experience the inner lives of these characters from their pov.
I swa the film. I think it would be enjoyable to all. Not a hard driving feminist agenda IMO. And having grown up in a small socal beach town in the 70s I found it extremely accurate. The social division between Black Flag fans and Talking Heads fans was spot on. Could have used more surf culture but it was very well done.
"Your set up is getting tired, roll ze film"
Of course it is a feminist film. And pretty much everyone in America today is a feminist so anyone will relate to it.
shareShe says It's hard because she's obsessive, over dramatic and self absorbed.
Anyway I didn't enjoy this movie, It's character driven and I didn't fμck with the characters at all, they're pretty annoying (except for Billy Crudup's which is relatively tolerable).