Is mainstream that far right wing?
It's a strange movie in the sense that it could make me suspend disbelief and hold my attention but afterwards I felt annoyed.Pros: Female leads are fairly strong, for Hollywood standard.
There's a kid who had integrity and is heeded as an individual not by standard age and gender.
It gave lots of things to talk about afterwards.
It keep dramatic tension. It has a classic story arc of hero's journey and redemption.
Elements feed back through to make sense such as the lead two being described as always having had a fight and make up fiery relationship.
People are self-accepting and the community is affirming of one another.
Cons: Holy Gender Norms, Batman. Boys must be horrified and disgusted that he has received a female toy.
And let's denigrate housewife clothes; women to be sexy must have long hair down and show cleavage for basic self-image maintenance.
A role for an overweight man? Comic foils only need apply.
And no queer couples, even in the background.
Race. Lordie. Who did the casting choices?
The career criminal is black and is the only one who goes into a squad car in handcuffs. He can steal without remorse, reflexively even without noticing.
The white middle class America girl does same crime and yet no time because she has a cop friend willing to work the system for her, even erasing a past record.
Somehow even being a skilled acrobat and long time criminal, she is the victim of life and herself. And gets her butt saved by a man, with her cooperation.
Good girls who do everything "right" in life are two blondes. Both arguably ditzy.
score 4/10
pearlksp 23 December 2008
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