Mayday

The acting's great, as is the cinematography (and CGI). There are a lot of good things about this film, it's certainly not misandrist. You'd have to miss the whole point, or at least 70% of the run time to interpret it that way.

I want to say Soko did particularly well in this but I think I'm just overhyping her in my head after seeing her utterly incredible performance in The Premise. The whole cast did great here. It's nice to see Juliette Lewis again.

But the film IS a slow burn. It takes a long time to feel invested in the plot. Is it worth it? Hard to say. Maybe it would be better as a shorter film, maybe that would ruin the pace of the character development. I have no simple answers. I couldn't do better.

The one thing that did rub me the wrong way was the "abuse". To illustrate how bad it was there was a lot rushed in a very short time which made it a unreal (not that bit, all of it) especially the line about how much of a chore it is to look at Grace van Patten's face. That takes more suspension of disbelief than the dance.

All in all I didn't enjoy it and slightly resented the sunk-cost-fallacy need to finish watching beyond a certain point. I believe it's a very good film. It's not for me, as an audience, but I can see this being incredibly powerful for people who can relate to Ana. My congratulations to everyone involved, you've made something to be proud of that may well help countless people in ways you'll never get to hear about.