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When it comes to winning a big award, it looks like representing women well — or at least not quite so badly as many films do — is a good move. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
A ranking the 2015 Oscar-nominated films for their representation of girls and women. Now complete! [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Women here are exclusively adjuncts to men who either have done or are doing something noteworthy, but they do also have small journeys of their own.
Girls and women appear in this movie only in the background, only in a few scenes, and only in ways that have no bearing whatsoever on the plot or themes.
No girls or women appear in this movie at all. There is a photo of a woman, a wife far away in another land, but that’s it.
A story all about how women are mere elements in the grand works of art that are men’s lives, often as little more than decorative objects.
A female protagonist lashes out against a restrictive culture that denies her personhood and her agency simply because she is female. So much awesome.
May be fresh in its storytelling approach, but the story it is telling is one that puts women in no more than supporting roles to a man’s personal journey.
Women are almost entirely absent from this film. But that’s okay, since it is mostly set within a plausible all-male environment.
Only two women appear in any meaningful way: the adoring and supportive mother of the male protagonist, and his even more adoring and supportive girlfriend.
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