Living up to expectations can make you do crazy things. In this movie, Jill is always nervous and doing what others tell her. Everyone wants the image of perfection, and almost every character's passion is in part a projection of what they want.
When things start getting REALLY weird, we see characters gradually grow into accepting what they want. Lisa wants a baby, so she accepts Madison/Paige. Nick wants a macho son, so he accepts a dog. Little Helen wants the lives of other women - but this society actually thinks she's crazy.
I don't know how to fully describe this movie because I don't fully understand it, but I know that it's saying a ton and I have the feeling that I agree with it. It's undoubtedly confusing because the movie, like the characters in it, speaks its mind in an extremely pretty way. A way that looks quite absurd to an outsider, but I imagine would resonate quite strongly with an insider.
I kinda took this movie as a warning against giving into pressures without thinking about them? And about how there's all sorts of stuff going on all around us that just totally gets normalized. So think about your pretty "society", and all your "friends". If either one treats you poorly, then look it in the face and try to understand it. If you don't like what you conclude, then leave. But... leaving isn't as easy as it may seem.
When things start getting REALLY weird, we see characters gradually grow into accepting what they want. Lisa wants a baby, so she accepts Madison/Paige. Nick wants a macho son, so he accepts a dog. Little Helen wants the lives of other women - but this society actually thinks she's crazy.
I don't know how to fully describe this movie because I don't fully understand it, but I know that it's saying a ton and I have the feeling that I agree with it. It's undoubtedly confusing because the movie, like the characters in it, speaks its mind in an extremely pretty way. A way that looks quite absurd to an outsider, but I imagine would resonate quite strongly with an insider.
I kinda took this movie as a warning against giving into pressures without thinking about them? And about how there's all sorts of stuff going on all around us that just totally gets normalized. So think about your pretty "society", and all your "friends". If either one treats you poorly, then look it in the face and try to understand it. If you don't like what you conclude, then leave. But... leaving isn't as easy as it may seem.