The Misandrists

Last updated

The Misandrists
The Misandrists.png
Film poster
Directed by Bruce LaBruce
Written byBruce LaBruce
StarringSusanne Sachße
CinematographyJames Carman
Edited byJudy Landkammer
Release dates
  • 13 February 2017 (2017-02-13)(Berlin)
  • 2 November 2017 (2017-11-02)(Germany)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageEnglish

The Misandrists is a 2017 English-language German drama film directed by Bruce LaBruce. [1] It was screened in the Panorama section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. [2]

Contents

The film centres on a radical feminist group plotting a revolution to overthrow patriarchy in Germany. [1] It is thematically linked with LaBruce's shorter film Ulrike's Brain , which premiered in the Berlin Film Festival's Forum program in the same week. [3]

Cast

Reception

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 71% based on 38 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The Misandrists mounts a memorably gonzo assault on the patriarchy — one whose wild ambition and outré aesthetic are often enough to cover for its uneven execution." [4] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [5]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard Linklater</span> American film director, producer and screenwriter (born 1960)

Richard Stuart Linklater is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for making films that deal thematically with suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. His films include the comedies Slacker (1990) and Dazed and Confused (1993); the Before trilogy of romance films: Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004), and Before Midnight (2013); the music-themed comedy School of Rock (2003); the adult animated films Waking Life (2001), A Scanner Darkly (2006), and Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood (2022); the coming-of-age drama Boyhood (2014); and the comedy film Everybody Wants Some!! (2016).

<i>Yves Saint Laurent</i> (film) 2014 French film by Jalil Lespert

Yves Saint Laurent is a 2014 French biographical drama film directed by Jalil Lespert and co-written with Jacques Fieschi, Jérémie Guez, and Marie-Pierre Huster. The film is based on the life of Yves Saint Laurent from 1958. The film stars Pierre Niney, Guillaume Gallienne, Charlotte Le Bon, Laura Smet, Marie de Villepin, Xavier Lafitte, and Nikolai Kinski.

<i>Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?</i> 2013 film

Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? is a 2013 French animated documentary film by Michel Gondry about the linguist, philosopher, and political activist Noam Chomsky.

<i>Love Is Strange</i> (film) 2014 film

Love Is Strange is a 2014 American romantic drama film directed by Ira Sachs. The film had its premiere in the non-Competition programme of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. The film was also screened in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.

<i>20,000 Days on Earth</i> 2014 British documentary film

20,000 Days on Earth is a 2014 British musical documentary drama film co-written and directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. Nick Cave also co-wrote the script with Forsyth and Pollard. The film premiered in-competition in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on 20 January 2014. It won two Awards at the festival.

<i>Uncle Howard</i> 2016 American film

Uncle Howard is a 2016 documentary film about filmmaker Howard Brookner directed by Aaron Brookner.

<i>I, Olga Hepnarová</i> 2016 film

I, Olga Hepnarová is a 2016 internationally co-produced drama film, directed by Tomáš Weinreb and Petr Kazda, about Olga Hepnarová (1951–1975). She was a Czechoslovakian mass murderer, who on 10 July 1973, killed eight people with a truck in Prague. The film was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.

<i>Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo</i> 2016 film by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau

Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo is a 2016 French erotic romantic drama film written and directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. The film won the Audience Award at the Berlin Festival's 2016 Teddy Awards.

<i>Little Men</i> (2016 film) 2016 film

Little Men is a 2016 American drama film directed by Ira Sachs. It had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and had its European premiere as a cross-section selection in the Generations and Panorama sections at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.

<i>The Wound</i> (2017 film) 2017 film

The Wound is a 2017 South African drama film directed by John Trengove. It was screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and the Panorama section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. The film opened the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival 2017. It was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, making the December shortlist.

<i>On the Beach at Night Alone</i> 2017 film by Hong Sang-soo

On the Beach at Night Alone is a 2017 South Korean drama film written, produced, and directed by Hong Sang-soo. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, where Kim Min-hee won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award.

<i>1945</i> (2017 film) 2017 film

1945 is a 2017 Hungarian drama film directed by Ferenc Török and co-written by Török and Gábor T. Szántó. It concerns two Jewish survivors of the Holocaust who arrive in a Hungarian village in August 1945, and the paranoid reactions of the villagers, some of whom fear that these and other Jews are coming to reclaim Jewish property.

<i>Vazante</i> (film) 2017 film directed by Daniela Thomas

Vazante is a Brazilian-Portuguese historical drama adventure film about slavery in 1820s Brazil, directed by Daniela Thomas. The film premiered in the Panorama section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.

<i>Insyriated</i> 2017 film

Insyriated, released in some territories as In Syria, is a 2017 Belgian drama film directed by Philippe Van Leeuw. It was screened in the Panorama section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Panoroma Audience Award. At the 8th Magritte Awards, the film won all six awards it was nominated for, including Best Film and Best Director for Van Leeuw.

<i>Profile</i> (2018 film) 2018 film

Profile is a 2018 screenlife thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov, from a screenplay by Bekmambetov, Britt Poulton, and Olga Kharina, based upon the non-fiction book In The Skin of a Jihadist by Anna Erelle. It stars Valene Kane, Shazad Latif, Christine Adams, Amir Rahimzadeh and Morgan Watkins.

<i>Anything</i> (film) 2017 American film

Anything is a 2017 American romantic drama film directed and written by Timothy McNeil and starring John Carroll Lynch and Matt Bomer. The film is based on a play that the director had performed in December 2007 with the Elephant Theater Company in Los Angeles and that he also adapted for the film. It also stars Maura Tierney, Margot Bingham, Michael Boatman, Tanner Buchanan and Micah Hauptman in supporting roles.

<i>Sundays Illness</i> 2018 film

Sunday's Illness is a 2018 Spanish drama film directed by Ramón Salazar which stars Bárbara Lennie and Susi Sánchez alongside Greta Fernández, Richard Bohringer and Miguel Ángel Solá. It was screened in the Panorama section at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival.

<i>Chavela</i> (film) 2017 Mexican film

Chavela is a 2017 American documentary film, directed by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi. The film is a portrait of Mexican singer and actress Chavela Vargas.

<i>Perpetrator</i> (film) 2023 film by Jennifer Reeder

Perpetrator is a 2023 horror film written and directed by Jennifer Reeder. It stars Kiah McKirnan, Melanie Liburd, Ireon Roach, Casimere Jollette, Tim Hopper, Josh Bywater, Chris Lowell and Alicia Silverstone. The film follows Jonny, an impulsive teenage girl living in a town where young women continue to go missing.

<i>Crossing</i> (2024 film) 2024 film

Crossing is a 2024 internationally co-produced drama film written, directed and co-edited by Levan Akin. It stars Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava and Deniz Dumanlı.

References

  1. 1 2 Barraclough, Leo (12 February 2017). "Cannes: M-Appeal Boards Bruce LaBruce's Feminist Terrorist Movie 'The Misandrists'". Variety . Penske Business Media. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. Press Office (25 January 2017). "Panorama 2017 Programme Complete". Berlin International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  3. Kiontke, Jürgen (9 February 2017). "Außerirdische, Lost in Politics". Jungle World . Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  4. "The Misandrists (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  5. "The Misandrists Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive. 29 June 2018. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.