★★
A recent advertising campaign depicted young girls with the tag: I‘m pretty. The twist comes later when words like ‘curious’ and ‘focused’ conclude the statement. It’s terrifically empowering and a jab in the eye at society’s obsession with image. Unlike Amy Schumer’s third stab at film fronting, it completely negates the significance of appearance.
★★★★
Too often, teen sex comedies seem to write themselves. There’s a drunk montage, awkward bedroom scene and saccharine final act. Blockers does just about everything you’d expect in this regard but adds a winningly progressive extra layer.
Brevity, wrote Shakespeare, is the soul of wit. It’s why we shorten the title of The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark and don’t refer to Macbeth as The General, the Witches and the Possibly a Dagger Before Him.
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