Monday, 10 February 2020

On the basis of sex (2018) ***


Source: Imdb
This drama about the struggle for gender equality was not quite as engaging as I expected. Though everyone’s acting was great, the script needed some serious tightening-up. This just felt too long and did not use the material to build tension in the way it could have. I expected a nail-biting finish, at least, but it was all kind of lukewarm. The production was good, though. Lovely colour palette and flawless period wardrobes over 3 decades. Well done for the visuals with clean and simple pictures. They did have a few matte paintings that looked fake, but this movie was not about that, so it didn’t really matter apart from jarring me for a few moments.
So, 3/5 for effort, but would not re-watch.

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