Romance, both sides seek it, but often there are very different ideas about what that means.
The movie explores pitfalls of idealisation of the other person, placing looks above genuine connection and feelings as well as double standards and jumping to conclusions without trying to deeply understand another person.
It is also accurately portrayed how people read more into text messages than the sender intends both positively and other times negatively perceiving a neutral or opposite intent, or just making it wildly colourful.
Although the characters are somewhat stereotypical and extreme the situations are not far from everyday life, so they are relatable.
We are given a relatively good background on why Margot is seeking an older partner and why she goas along with uncomfortable situations.
The movie is primarily told from the female perspective, but it balances it with some insights into quirky male motives and true intentions.
I (as a male) did not feel that the feminist agenda was pushed too far, the reviews which claim that this is a movie just to blame males is highly inaccurate.
There is a glimpse into a therapy session and obviously both characters struggle with deep unresolved mental health issues, which ultimately helps to fuel the escalation of violence.
Overall its an enjoyable movie and I did not find it too predictable and I certainly did not expect it to answer all the questions it posed. I also did not expect to side with one character or the other like another review says, you do not always have to take sides.
There are some metaphors in the movie and some of the scenes are just portrays of imagination which could have been connected a bit more smoothly.
It would have been nice to add a more neutral external perspective like the therapy session on top of the two extreme sides with the occasional grounding (though biased) view of the friend.
It would have also helped to better understand the male character by providing a similar family background story to the female character.
The movie explores pitfalls of idealisation of the other person, placing looks above genuine connection and feelings as well as double standards and jumping to conclusions without trying to deeply understand another person.
It is also accurately portrayed how people read more into text messages than the sender intends both positively and other times negatively perceiving a neutral or opposite intent, or just making it wildly colourful.
Although the characters are somewhat stereotypical and extreme the situations are not far from everyday life, so they are relatable.
We are given a relatively good background on why Margot is seeking an older partner and why she goas along with uncomfortable situations.
The movie is primarily told from the female perspective, but it balances it with some insights into quirky male motives and true intentions.
I (as a male) did not feel that the feminist agenda was pushed too far, the reviews which claim that this is a movie just to blame males is highly inaccurate.
There is a glimpse into a therapy session and obviously both characters struggle with deep unresolved mental health issues, which ultimately helps to fuel the escalation of violence.
Overall its an enjoyable movie and I did not find it too predictable and I certainly did not expect it to answer all the questions it posed. I also did not expect to side with one character or the other like another review says, you do not always have to take sides.
There are some metaphors in the movie and some of the scenes are just portrays of imagination which could have been connected a bit more smoothly.
It would have been nice to add a more neutral external perspective like the therapy session on top of the two extreme sides with the occasional grounding (though biased) view of the friend.
It would have also helped to better understand the male character by providing a similar family background story to the female character.