pablo-187 Review of Talhotblond

Talhotblond (2009)

a man kills a man and it's all the woman's fault

[1/10 · 15 February 2014]

i enjoyed the first half, before it spirals into a moralising tale in which the woman is blamed, analysed, and targeted as the culprit of many deceits, despite the participation, stupidity, and violence of men. i liked how the voice of a dead man was used as narration, until this voice (of a man who said and did some horrible things) comes to set the moral tone of the film. the events point to larger social systems of gender and sexuality, yet seems to not only ignore these, but reinforces damaging gender stereotypes through which women are more harshly viewed and blamed for violence they did not commit. an alternative title for this film is "a man kills a man and it's all the woman's fault". this film fails to see the broader social context of the story it tells. hence, fail.