I haven’t watched this again but want to share my next day thoughts.

I don’t agree it is as misogynistic as some are saying. And I agree with Adam Nayman that it is more about nice guy entitlement than an incel fantasy (though this is a spectrum!). The rape-y theme is obviously intentional; my audience was horrified by it. But the “falling in love” montage is a hack job on every level and undermines that intention. That portion of their…

American Emilia Perez.
(Technically better but same level of incoherence and bad taste.)

NOTE: I think the last third of this movie is extremely strong. But the missteps are choosing to set the film in May 2020 specifically to focus on BLM, lumping that in with Covid delirium, and getting BLM so wrong historically. It’s very odd and off balanced that the film doesn’t name Trump (while the screenplay did) or any real organization, then not only names George Floyd…