Blink Twice and It Ends With Us: The Complicated Summer time of the ‘Me Too’ Movie

What’s Zoe Kravitz’ directorial debut, Blink Twice fka Pussy Island, about? If you happen to’re a median moviegoer who hasn’t learn a lot about it, it’s sort of onerous to completely perceive.

Positive, most individuals have most likely picked up on the very fact, repeated advert nauseam in tales, that it was in the course of the making of this movie that Kravitz met and fell in love along with her now-fiance Channing Tatum. In her press tour for the film, Kravitz has additionally made headlines for discussing the opportunity of Massive Little Lies season three, her dad Lenny Kravitz’ tiny cameo within the movie, and a flirty interview between Kravitz and Tatum that has individuals believing in love once more. The movie, which got here out on Friday, is being marketed as a psychological thriller, and a few are calling it a “Me Too” model of Get Out.

Some moviegoers, although, had been shocked once they sat down to observe the movie this weekend, even though theaters are enjoying a set off warning earlier than screening it. They posted about their experiences over the weekend.

“Main PSA concerning the film Blink Twice,” wrote one lady on TikTok. “…It’s very, very graphic and triggering. I want I by no means noticed it.”

It’s true. Blink Twice is extraordinarily sexually graphic. I noticed it at a press screening a couple of months in the past, and to be sincere, I haven’t been in a position to cease fascinated by it. Particularly one scene, which reveals a degree of detailed sexual violence that was a real intestine punch.

This isn’t to say that the movie is gratuitous. It’s not an ideal film, however I assumed it was thought-provoking and efficient. I used to be moved by the movie’s total message about wealth, the patriarchy, and the way proximity to energy corrupts, and I’ve been eagerly awaiting the considerate, nuanced evaluations discussing what Kravitz was making an attempt to point out us. Like isn’t it horrifying how brazen wealthy males will be in utilizing girls as commodities? What does it imply to actually atone for sexual violence? And the way do girls take again their energy in a patriarchal world?

I’ve been disillusioned. Whereas many reviewers and on-line dialogue concerning the movie have delved into its themes, and Kravitz and star Naomi Ackie have given interviews wherein they focus on its inspiration, a lot of the protection of the movie has been normal tabloid fare about Kravitz’ proximity to well-known males, her styling, and, after all, that Taylor Swift, a good friend of the couple, endorsed the movie.

Channing Tatum with director Zoe Kravitz, on set for Blink Twice.©MGM/Courtesy Everett Assortment