Women In Trouble

This movie is about facing reality. If I am being honest, anyone who doesn't relate, in all likelihood and to put it simply, hasn't confronted their own sexuality. There's an excessively likely potential for any negative attitudes towards this movie to carry misogynistic undertones, or there may exist some kind of defensive ignorance. Regardless, this movie makes cookie-cutter produced romantic comedies look like propaganda in the eyes of this woman. The underlying message, it seems, is that many of us love men. I know I do (to a fault), but we are lucky to find a way to love them less than we do ourselves.

Loved it. Really well done.

The wonderful Carla Gugino is always a pleasure to watch. Let's start off there. This film interweaves the lives of a group of women, who for some undisclosed reason, all seem to be oversexed yet undersatiated. It was a okay-fun movie to watch, and there is some good acting. The negatives are that it seems like, at times, there is an attempt to not just shock (not too shocking to anyone with HBO), but really gross us out -- why a character cannot commit to her obvious lesbianism is linked to a really effed-up dog memory from her childhood. This same character was totally overwritten to make sure that we, as the audience, don't forget that she's a dimwit. Somehow, the actress still comes off endearing - which is totally hers to own, since the script is ready to throw her under a car -- literally. Good concept. Good editing and art direction. You can see the inspiration of the amazing Almodovar masterpiece "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown." I guess my biggest complaint is that -- to me -- it seemed like a male perspective of how women feel in their relationships with other women and with themselves. Then again...any movie that includes Xander Berkeley - even for 2 minutes - rates well enough to recommend. (Which, yes, includes Barb Wire.)

"Mix chick flick with soft core, and stir in some unexpectedly good dialogue..." -Nylon Magazine's review of "Women In Trouble"