Misogyny at its finest

roache-89574

To put this politely, Expelled is genuinely one of the worst movies to have ever been created. And not just because the writing was atrocious or the acting was worse than that of a porno, but mostly due to the misogynistic, sexist undertones. It all began in the scene when Felix confronts his ex girlfriend for not changing all his F's to A's on his report card. During this confrontation, she tells him she refused to change his grades considering he didn't work for or earn A's. Reasonable, I would think. He goes on to tell her she is insane before saying, "I'll give you 5 minutes to fix my report card." To which she ignores him, so he forcefully, practically yells, "FIX IT!" A little intense for such a "fun, lighthearted" movie, don't you think? When she asks what will happen if she doesn't follow his orders(like the good little servants women are portrayed as in this movie) he tells her to "Use her imagination." This scene was the most unsettling I'd ever seen in a comedic movie. If I had been the girl in that situation, I would be genuinely frightened. Nothing was funny or realistic in the way a normal, un-abusive man would speak to a woman, even if he was angry at her(for not following his demands like a good woman/servant she is) The rest of the movie continues in much the same fashion, with undertones of abuse and obvious misogyny against woman. Until we get to a scene I almost can't even fathom. Towards the beginning of the movie, you see Felix getting ready to leave for school and BOTH his parents getting ready to leave for the morning as well. Even showing his mother getting in her car and leaving the home dressed in work attire. And while it never specifically says she's going to work, where else would she be going and staying at all day? So I'm assuming she has a job. Yet, when she tells Felix later in the movie that she has a parent teacher conference with one of his teachers, and he asks "And you guys are going?" She says to him, I kid you not, "Well, I'm going. Your father isn't because he has a REAL job." With emphasis on the "real" and everything. So, that thing that she wakes up early every morning for, spends all day doing, and gets paid for, isn't a real job? And why is that? Because she's a woman? I almost couldn't even comprehend the fact that someone would write a movie posed as a comedy with a bunch of "famous teens" thrown in for popularity just to actually show the fact that this writer, Alex Goyette, genuinely has no respect for women and so obviously sees men as superior. This movie is vile and you should not waste any of your life on it.

score 1/10

roache-89574 8 March 2015

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