Women Is Losers Review - SDIFF 2021

Ignorance is the word to best describe this film.

When Celina talks about sex, and her getting it fixed by going to a dentist (okay?), I knew then the ignorance the film had and was going to continue to have. Because anyone who listens to what she's saying here and then takes a step back to analyze how the movie is expressing itself would understand that this is a messy message to be putting out; especially as a piece to empower women.

I don't care if there's a bias but you shouldn't be ignorant to choices made. Sex is always a 50/50 no matter what. And the filmmaker seems to only care about how to move the story forward while also undermining the true importance of what this story could have been about.

The choices Celina makes in general are also ignorant and the story wants us to believe there's no other alternative or we should have a sense of sympathy towards her when she is the one putting herself in that mess knowing the consequences that will follow.

If they made it a point to talk more about the environment Celina was in, addressing more of the time that the film is sitting in and how incapable she truly is of getting better, then I would be more understanding of the decisions she makes and become more sympathetic.

Because without all that, her motivations seem butchered and odd. It's like the story believes it's speaking big and profound when it's only really spinning in its own ignorance.

The lead performance does commit well enough to sell a lot of the story even if you have a hard time getting into it in general. The only problem here is that the rest of the performances don't match the energy the film is wanting. They're all mostly playing standard or a bit too melodramatic where the film wants to play with more energy and the performances aren't giving enough to meet it in the middle.

It's also tonally very inconsistent. It breaks the fourth wall and does certain techniques that just feel completely out of place and again take away from the significance and importance of this story.

While I think there's potential in its story and the lead does a fair job keeping it somewhat engaging, the overall lack of grip and execution, its big tonal leaps and its complete ignorance towards its own story brings this what could have been an inspiring and motivational narrative down quite a bit.

Grade: D+