One of the reviewers characterized this movie as misogynistic, meaning characterized by hatred of women. I have been scratching my head to understand how someone could view this movie this way. Can someone please explain how this movie is characterized by hatred of women? Thank you!
shareI think it was probably the way Tim Blake's character, at the beginning, was saying how a man is always in charge, the man leads and the woman follows; this is legitimately how his character felt before he actually had any interaction with 'real' women, and through the course of the film we see how he laxes up a bit on these outdated control-freak ideas; by the end of the movie, HE's cooking for her, and actually EXPERIMENTING while doing it. If he had been the same way by the end of the movie, of course it would have been misogynistic; the fact that his character evolved beyond those limited ideas shows growth and negates the possible misogyny.
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It was a feminist movie IMHO. People will read the plot of this movie and assume it's anti-woman. When it's actually anti-man. It should be on the lifetime channel 24/7.
shareI thought it was sweet. Two brothers who have been taken care of their entire lives, sheltered from the outside world, sheltered from women (shoot look at the dream sequences, talk about wanting to find a wife like your mother), then boom they are in Russia! Both have preconceived ideas of what women are about...and by the end TBN's character has shown huge growth, and sees women in a new light.
I thought it was very sweet, and didn't think it was feminist. Except that Emily Mortimer's character has a career, like most women in developed countries, and she shows TBN what possiblities are out there.
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