Never easy, rarely happy, sometimes troubled, always miserable

Elenora 2022-04-07 09:01:07

In the cruel and real world of women, the female perspective is very good. Only women can shoot like this. The female perspective is not only delicate, but also respectful, understanding, and humble, so that the audience is immersed in the world of the protagonist, rather than ridicule, criticism, and accusation.

The audio-visual language is excellent, as is the play, which seems trivial, but is actually real, depressing, and painful. understand deeply.

Never easy, rarely happy, sometimes troubled, always miserable.

I like this style very much. The genius of this movie is that the two girls' two-day adventure is completely linearly filmed, but the filming is fascinating and dangerous. Malevolent strangers, physical pain from an enlarged cervix interrupted in the middle of two days of surgery, money crisis, parents beware, protesters shouting religious slogans outside the abortion clinic. There is also a dark line that really needs to be expressed, which is the question of the title of the movie. This is not a movie about a young boy and girl who went to abortion because of contraceptive failure. This is a movie about "sexual violence" and "rape". Sisters and sisters hooked hands, girls helped and accompany each other, and experienced such an "uncomfortable" nightmare together, and men who raped and sexually violent were the reasons for all this evil.

Focusing on these two days in detail, showing the pain and harm of sexual violence and rape to girls, rather than filming the sexual violence and rape itself.

The long shot of the scene in the title is too long. It expresses the oppression of girls by men, the social problems and the plight of women. The doctor is really meticulous and caring and patient. It can be seen in this film that women are caring and caring. Asking, helping each other, and the male is either malicious or the initiator, the director's insight into reality is very thorough and expressed very clearly.

Compared to watching some action movies, I think the girls in this movie looking for a place to spend the night make me feel more dangerous and nervous, always worried that something will happen, and always want to jump into the movie to give money to the little sister.

I hope there will be more female directors like this, and more and better female films will be made.

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

    It's sincere and unadorned, yet powerful without being judged. French prostitutes taking a bath, crying uncontrollably when doing multiple-choice questions, concealer for dark circles, and hooking fingers, all of which are extremely touching. Well done to the omission of who and how the child's father was conceived.

  • Joey 2022-04-14 09:01:06

    Like "Juno", it focuses on female individuals in the context of the times. Although both films avoid politicization, in a sense, "Juno" veiled the director's political stance, glorifying extreme anti-abortionist and "life-oriented" views, while the original The film clearly stands firmly on the side of the "choices", which is director Hitman's powerful response to the current anti-abortion bills (especially the "heartbeat bill"). When the abortion rights that women should have become a political topic, the group of women who have experienced similar experiences with Autumn has also become the "victims" in this political game-they want to have autonomy over their bodies (Autumn pierces the hole in the nose) and bruises that hit the belly), but sometimes it’s not easy. After all, just living normally in this stinking world of harassment, voyeurism (voyeurism and surveillance), insults, violence, and even aggression requires constant vigilance. On the crowded streets of New York, under the icy neon lights, as the "other" in the social structure, two young girls hooked their pinkies tightly, watching and helping each other. Their peaceful survivors.

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.