Where Are the Women? The Hateful Eight
An opportunity for a female villain whose crimes are not gendered is squandered in favor of rendering her a punching bag for male protagonists.
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Where Are the Women? The Revenant
Apart from motivating visions of the male protagonist’s dead wife and a kidnapped and raped woman for him to rescue, women are absent from this film.
Where Are the Women? The Big Short
Some of the characters in the all-male based-on-fact ensemble have been fictionalized, so there’s no reason why one of them couldn’t have been a woman.
Where Are the Women? The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The only female character with any significant presence instantly morphs into supportive help for men and a love interest for one of them.
Where Are the Women? Joy
Any story about a woman pursuing goals beyond love and motherhood is a positive turn. Minus a few points, however, for making fun of feminine tastes.
Where Are the Women? A War (Krigen)
A wife character with a bit more to do than the usual female support for a male protagonist keeps this male-centered story from scoring worse than it does.
Where Are the Women? 45 Years
The film may dwell in the realm of romance, but its focus on a woman coping with unexpected upheaval in a long-established relationship is unusual indeed.
Where Are the Women? When Marnie Was There
A story about a girl dealing with the sort of identity issues that hit all kids in early adolescence. Girls need more movies like this one.
Where Are the Women? Regression
A movie that looks at first as if it might offer a good showing for women — or, at least, for one woman — descends into the hoariest of anti-woman clichés.
Where Are the Women? Boy & the World
If not for the title, we’d have no clue at all as to the child protagonist’s gender. Which makes it all the more frustrating that a gender has been imposed.
