The Misandrists
2017 film by Bruce LaBruce
The Misandrists is a 2017 English-language German drama film directed by Bruce LaBruce. It was screened in the Panorama section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.
The film centres on a radical feminist group plotting a revolution to overthrow patriarchy in Germany. 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.
Cast
Susanne Sachße as Big Mother
Viva Ruiz as Sister Dagmar
Kembra Pfahler as Sister Kembra
Caprice Crawford as Sister Barbara
Grete Gehrke as Sister Grete
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 75% of 36 critics' reviews are positive. The website's 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."
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 56 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.
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