armalightt Review of Sorry, Haters

Sorry, Haters (2005)

Everything will be fine after the USA converts to some form of fundamentalism.

[1/10 · 3 April 2006]

Spoiler alert! Don't read on if you don't want to know what happens. That said, let me see...where do I begin? Robin Wright Penn plays a single, urban New York "sophisticate" who has a job that would have probably gone to a man in a previous era. Clearly an unhappy woman. In addition, she's a great dog lover, so she's betrayed her maternal instincts and gone "mad" replacing babies with puppies in her life. What to do? Ah, yes; more betrayal. Let's see, there's also a noble Muslim driving a cab in Manhattan. OK! She will ruin his life by setting up a terrorist operation for him! Excellent! Wait. Why? "Sorry, Haters" makes sense if you're a religious extremist, or a communist. In short, anyone who hates the West. The "moral" of the story clearly is, if educated women who have been driven "insane" by capitalist ambition will shut up and go away, and take their pets with them, everyone will be happy and there won't be any more terrorism. In that light, the smug, condescending title of this film could also be interpreted as an (unconscious?) letter close and signature, such as...Love, Mom.