Never pay attention, rarely reflect, sometimes pursue, always forget

Winnifred 2022-04-06 08:01:01

At the beginning of the film, the heroine sang at the school, and then was humiliated by the boys in the audience as "sluts". But at this time, the family members in the audience were indifferent, and we knew what kind of family the heroine lived in.

This also caused the heroine to be reluctant to seek help from her family after she became pregnant, because it must be futile. A few days after the heroine went to New York, his family did not call her, and the only phone call was from the heroine. . It is conceivable that the heroine has long been encouraged and transparent by her family.

The film can be said to be like the American version of "April Three Weeks Two Days", which also tells how women struggle to make difficult decisions in an environment where abortion is illegal.

Until today, abortion is illegal in many parts of the United States. What the film really wants to reflect on is the harm and lack of consideration caused by abortion illegal to women.

Of course, this is a deep debate. One side is that the life in the stomach has the right to life, and the other side is to strive for more initiative for women.

But the film wants to express far more than that. Although the story hides the man who is responsible for the heroine, the description of men in the whole film has actually criticized the injustice of the current patriarchal society in disguise.

For example, the boy who bullied the girl at the school, the stepfather who mocked the girl at home, the store manager who kissed the girl and the cousin in the supermarket, and the boy who looked like a college student who met on the bus.

At the 60th minute of the film, we finally know that the name of this eloquent film is from an abortion medical test investigation. When the heroine faced these needle-like interrogations, she seemed tenacious and finally wept. Although the female lead is also asked questions, it is more like a robot-style workflow and consultation, which does not help the female lead.

We also see from this that the female protagonist was involuntarily treated with violence, resulting in pregnancy. Although the film is very obscure, this time the female protagonist's pregnancy seems to be swaying between strong j and non-strong j, but there is no doubt about these These are the dilemmas faced by the heroine herself.

These are the weeds that grow out of the gaps in our daily life. We can see them, but we never pay attention to them.

Yes, this film isn't just about the debate over legalizing abortion for women, it's about the plight of women today.

At the end of the film, the heroine finished the abortion operation and went home with her cousin in the car. At the end of the film, none of the problems and dilemmas left to the heroine can be perfectly solved, just like the problems of women today.

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Extended Reading
  • Cleora 2022-04-13 09:01:06

    3.5 / Never free, rarely hopeful, sometimes run away, always hurt.

  • Evelyn 2022-04-11 09:01:07

    The American version of "April Three Weeks and Two Days" (the title is also...)? The unbalanced power balance between men and women is well presented, and the three violations of varying degrees make people gradually feel the cruelty behind them. The main space station is a good choice, and it is also meaningful to place women's unease in various low-level, colored environments. But the problem is, on the one hand, the film takes the trouble to show the process, giving people the feeling of a strict and sound human nature, on the other hand, it directly points to an oppressive society, so what is the problem? Wiseman's allegations against institutions and processes are nowhere to be found. A kind of gentleness and paradox that makes the film lose a bit of its strength.

Never Rarely Sometimes Always quotes

  • Skylar: What did the Doctor say?

    Autumn: They couldn't really help me

    Skylar: Why not?

    Autumn: I took a test.

    Skylar: What kind of test?

    [Autumn then retches and throws up]

  • Skylar: Don't you ever just wish you were a dude?

    Autumn: All the time.