The movie was really good at first, but it tanked in the end. Nothing was resolved and nothing changed. Pointless property damage stood in for actual change.
The principal's trophy was a good example. Real change would have been shown by her realizing, thanks to the actions of our spunky heroines, she was contributing to the problem. Then she looked at that trophy and understood she wasn't the best principal and destroyed it herself.
Or the rape accusation - sure, it's great the girl said it out loud and was believed, but does anyone think anything will come of it? We all know what the legal and social system is like. He'll claim it's more of the persecution he talked about in the morning announcement segment. Plus, the one girl admitting she tripped the guy who's the Pirate mascot? That's not feminism, that's assault.
And what did they do when the girl lost the scholarship? Nothing. They didn't find someone to give her another scholarship that was even better. They didn't show the guy giving the scholarship that the soccer team was worth supporting, they didn't ask for a count of the votes. It was just forgotten about.
Vivian never took responsibility for her unhelpful and cruel actions - we never see her apologize to her mom or her mom's boyfriend. She gives a small "I'm sorry" to Seth, but I wasn't convinced.
This seemed exceptionally performative and poorly thought out. Rah rah, girl power, but let's not do anything to actually change the underlying paradigm that has serious flaws.
The principal's trophy was a good example. Real change would have been shown by her realizing, thanks to the actions of our spunky heroines, she was contributing to the problem. Then she looked at that trophy and understood she wasn't the best principal and destroyed it herself.
Or the rape accusation - sure, it's great the girl said it out loud and was believed, but does anyone think anything will come of it? We all know what the legal and social system is like. He'll claim it's more of the persecution he talked about in the morning announcement segment. Plus, the one girl admitting she tripped the guy who's the Pirate mascot? That's not feminism, that's assault.
And what did they do when the girl lost the scholarship? Nothing. They didn't find someone to give her another scholarship that was even better. They didn't show the guy giving the scholarship that the soccer team was worth supporting, they didn't ask for a count of the votes. It was just forgotten about.
Vivian never took responsibility for her unhelpful and cruel actions - we never see her apologize to her mom or her mom's boyfriend. She gives a small "I'm sorry" to Seth, but I wasn't convinced.
This seemed exceptionally performative and poorly thought out. Rah rah, girl power, but let's not do anything to actually change the underlying paradigm that has serious flaws.