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A Perfect 14 (2018)
This film will change your relationship with your body for the better!
This exceptional documentary exposes the completely distorted relationship the fashion industry has with body size, and by extension reveals how it's one of the last really societally accepted forms of discrimination. Through the lens of three unique, beautiful and fascinating models' stories we learn about the crimes this industry has perpetrated on its customers... relegating a perfectly average women's size 14 (which is the median size in America) to the "Plus size" designation which is so often forgotten, underserved, looked-down upon and sometimes straight up ignored.
This film is a celebration of the female form, and radically changed how I felt about my body as a result. I did not realize, and see, how I was being manipulated and led to insecurity as a customer for the gain of corporations... If you want a film to change how you think about the context of fashion, your clothing, your body, then this film is for you. If you want a great documentary about a strange and dysfunctional industry that touches everyone in some way, then this film is also for you.
It's a well produced, eye-opening piece with so much depth - and the models featured are courageous and fearsome. You will find yourself rooting for them every step of the way... Recommend!
The Ringer (2005)
This movie has so much heart!
I got 2 free passes to see this film... I had very low expectations since it starred Johnny Knoxville who I, until today, only associated with really grotesque behavior on Jackass. The combination of that and Special Olympics smelled like it could be a cheap joke at the expense of Special Olympians but in fact it turned out to be just the opposite! It totally surpassed my expectations! It was a truly sweet, laugh out loud funny feel-good movie with big big heart. It portrayed the Olympians in a really caring way and those characters totally made the movie. I didn't have any trouble swallowing Johnny as a naive guy with a big heart, but people who've seen him in Jackass might find the contrast startling at first. It might be too sweet, or too predictably Hollywood for some people... But the physical comedy and naive sweetness really won me over in the end. I look forward to watching this film again.
Kids (1995)
A cautionary tale, albeit maybe an uncomfortable one.
I was in my teens when I saw this movie, and living amongst "kids" very similar to the ones portrayed. I wish I could say that there is no basis in truth in this movie, but unfortunately there certainly is. I don't think the issue with this movie is whether kids were rich, poor, black or white... I think it's that they were looking for something to fulfill their life -- and were looking in the wrong places. Although the gritty nature of this movie makes it an uncomfortable ride, the realism aspect of it serves well to promote a strong reaction from the viewer. This is an effective tool of any cautionary tale which doesn't want to be outwardly moralistic. By watching things which are not beautified or edited down the viewer draws his or her own conclusions without being pulled along by the movie's ethical stance. Anyone who knew kids similar to this would probably react to this movie, whether in a positive or negative way. Whether you feel good after the movie or not is fairly irrelevant in this case... If you feel strongly about it, the movie probably did its job.