As a teenage girl myself, this movie was amazing. The message behind it is a very important one, and after watching this I feel so empowered. I think movies like this are what help inspire change in the world. I think it was executed well with the script, there were moments I got sad and moments I got angry. And the actors did really well. Overall I would definitely recommend this movie, it was really powerful.

Boring, poorly executed, insanely hyperbolic, and worst of all, extremely damaging. This type of content makes zealots, blind to reality, forever fantasizing whatever cause they've been programmed to "fight."

Strong idea bad execution.

Loved this film and the message behind it!

I loved this movie and the message, it was very empowering. All of the actors did a great job too!

Very good. Wished it was longer.

I thought it was a well done movie about feminism in modern high schools. I loved it.

Not good. a few holes in logic/plot. mixed messages that often feel repetitive. Amy Pohler was... okay? it was a pretty forgettable movie.

I loved this movie, and I can't wait to show it to my daughter (and son). It was funny and moving and fresh. Highly recommended!

Reasonably well-done. A bit of the story lacked nuance. On the whole it was entertaining.

Whilst it was quite sweet and endearing, there was a sense that there were no real stakes or consequences for these young women in pursuing and arguing for very obvious feminist ideas. Also the rape storyline came a little out of nowhere and was rushed through. The disabled character was also brushed over and seemed to only be in the film as a way to try and show how woke the film was. The main character was bland and I spent a lot of time wondering why the ideas she strongly argues for later came as such a surprise or break through in the film. I also didn't really understand why she starts behaving in such a rude and disrespectful way to her mum and boyfriend. This is never really explored or properly resolved so feels very tacked on. There are references to an absent father but it is very piecemeal. Also, I may well be wrong, but I did spend a lot of the film wondering if there really are principals and students so obviously against equality. But that may be that I teach in a school in the UK not US. Would be interested to hear what Americans thought of the likelihood of this level of obvious backwards thinking in schools.

Who the hell wrote Moxie and why wasn't it overseen before they let it be flimed. I have never seen a cast struggle to act as much as the cast of Moxie has, it is not a representation of their acting abilities but more of a representation of the poor writing and terrible stereotyping of a 21st century high school year group. Moxie follows 16 year old Vivian's awakening to sexism and what I could say is implied sexual harassment through witnessing the treatment of her classmate Lucy, the new kid on the block. Vivian goes home that day and finds her mothers old zines (small-circulation self-published work of original or appropriated texts and images, usually reproduced via a copy machine.) from her time as a punk rocking feminist. This inspires Vivian to start her own; Moxie, and in turn, inspired her whole year grade to stand up to sexism etc. This sounds like a great beginning to a great film however, Moxie every single time manages to fail at being just that. Apart from the terrible writing, Moxie uses stereotypes and cookie cutter generalisations of sexism, harassment and racial issues to awaken the audience to said issues. Lucy is black, strong and aware of her social situation. She dresses in an urban style with a new wave style of makeup. This would be an amazing charter to have if we were given half the backstory to her as we are given with Vivian. Instead, she is only used to be "the loud black woman" in almost every situation. In her first scene she is the new kid. That is about the level of character backstory we are given about her, she isn't even given a "hi I'm the new girl, I moved from …. My favourite …." introduction. We go straight from she is new to her making a point about her schools' curriculum and how they only study rich white men's literature and only POC literature during black history month. This would be a great way to start a conversation about racism and American education etc except that it felt out of place and manufactured. Lucy being used as a loud black woman continues throughout the film. Examples include when she is being harassed, she is the only character used to call it out despites others seeing it and implying that they know it's wrong. Lucy tends to be the only person leading Moxie despite not being the leader, she is always used to talk about issues relating to Moxie until it the issues that Moxie raises awareness to become accepted by the rest of the school as issues. She becomes in a sense the main character to the film that the audience know so little about. Instead of being a supportive character for Vivian, Vivian becomes her shadow and we still have no story about who Lucy is or why she is the way she is. Vivian's awakening to the social issues that surround her is confusing. In the beginning of the film, she is portrayed as conservative and overly cold to Lucy's struggles. She blames the boy's personality but somehow overnight changes her view on the harassment, something that would be rather unlikely for a 16-year-old. She is stereotyped as the token white knight. Moxie makes it seem as though only she can solve the rampant sexism in her school despite her only making the zine and contributing nothing to it at face value. Despite Vivian doing little to nothing at face value for the movement, she is quick to criticise her friend for doing nothing at all. Claudia comes from a strict Asian American household, her parents are immigrants and while it is shown, the racial issues surrounding her are never addressed. Vivian despite being Claudia's long time best friend seems to be completely unaware of how strict her parents are and what they've done for Claudia to be given the opportunities she as. This could be an amazing highlight for the Asian American comities and the adversaries however the writers of Moxie do an Olympic record pole-vault over this and use Claudia as a way for us to dislike Vivian (after Claudia takes the blame for Moxie and calls Vivian a coward) for how much of a white knight she is, despite the film using her as a white knight in an almost insulting way to all the POC in the film that basically gave Vivian the ideas for Moxie. The film just gets worse from there but those issues are really what the film is trying to do. The conversation the film wants the audience to have is important in today's society as the themes and topics shown in the film are still relevant social issues however, the film's terrible writing and unironic racist stereotyping makes that conversation look like it's unimportant and worthless to have. If the writers weren't clueless when it came to charter development and in general said social issues then maybe Moxie would be a worthwhile watch for the intended audience. If I could give this film a negative rating I would, you're better of the watch Freedom Writers, it's more in-depth, has the same intended audience and is actually watchable without being racist.

Sparky and sharp, if occasionally a little too on-the-nose for its own good, this falls nicely into the bracket you might find films such as 'Ghost World', 'Booksmart', 'Sing Street', and on the darker end of the spectrum, 'Perks Of Being a Wallflower'. It may be inferior to most of these films, but it has a good heart and solid message and preaches positivity around what being "woke" really means to most people in that crowd.

I'm so happy when I see these teenage-targeted films with this kind of message - I grew up on Disney and films about teenage rich white girls who loved to shop, this is definitely an improvement. It's also an interesting story, especially for a coming of age drama, with complex characters and it could easily be a 온라인카지노추천 show. If I could change anything, I'd make Lucy the protagonist, even though she's more obvious as a main character, I think it'd pay off. Very nicely done overall.

Since when did sucky quarter backs get scholarships? College football is very competitive

So bad i didn't bother finishing it

Terrible! It is way to long and not long enough, it feels like a rushed ending. The actors are fine but the whole story premise is bad. I hate how the main character has no problems until one fateful day she creates a ton of them. And the worst part is that she suddenly fixes all of them the next day, which is really messed up, I wish life was like that for me.

Summary: A timid teen is inspired by her feminist mother to do something about sexist standards at her high school. She finds her lane by creating her own "zine". She eagerly photocopies this mini magazine, anonymously leaves it around the school, and watches as a movement unfolds. Takeaways: Cheesy as it sounds, this film inspires viewers to "be the change they wish to see in the world". Geared toward younger audiences, it was hip and accessible, while tackling themes of healthy relationships, student-teacher power dynamics, racism, and bullying.

Down with the patriarchy. So this is about a high school girl named Vivian (Hadley Robinson). She is sick of all the toxic masculinity at her school, so she decides to do something about it. She starts an anonymous magazine called Moxie which has one purpose: to call out the bull that people accept without blinking an eye. Now, this is another movie where I was going in pretty cold. I had seen the Netflix bumper, and I knew that it was directed by Amy Poehler, but that was about it. Nothing was jumping out as being appealing to me, but I am happy to report that I liked this more than I didn't. Even though I don't think that Moxie hits the mark of a great film, I think that it has a whole lot of appeal. It's a topical story, as we are well into the female empowerment age, and I love the message behind the film, which is to stand up for yourself and change these broken systems that are upheld by archaic ways of thinking. I think it could be a bit more subtle, as it is somewhat in-your-face, but that wasn't a deal-breaker for me. I enjoyed Amy Poehler in her role as Vivian's mom. She's not in it a ton, but whenever she shows up, you can't wait to hear what she's going to say next. I also connected with Hadley Robinson as the main girl. She seems like she could easily be related to Poehler with her mannerisms, and this is one of the rare movies where the high schoolers don't just feel like a bunch of thirty-year-olds. Yes, everybody will agree that toxic masculinity sucks, but you know what also stinks? High school. I appreciated that they addressed the fact that the system itself enables harmful males to benefit. It's no secret: sports generate dollars for schools of all grades, so if the star quarterback just so happens to be a giant bully, then people will turn the other cheek. I thought that Patrick Schwarzenegger (yes, there is a relation) turned in some quality work as this movie's villain as well, and I did feel a visceral hatred toward his character. Overall, I think that Moxie is a solid little film. Its heart is always in the right place, and if you disagree with the movie's message, that says more about you than it does the film. As a grown man, I still feel weird about watching this story about high school girls, but that was something that I could get past. I think most will connect with this, so if you have the 110 minutes, then give this a chance.

Amy Poehler takes the helm to direct this Netflix teen comedy drama. Her intentions are well meaning, but it is so caught up in making a statement that none of the characters seem like real flesh and blood concoctions. The stereo types and raised-fisted speeches are out of place and are too awkwardly staged to actually progress the movement. Good thoughts but poor delivery.