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Women Have Curves
Directed By: Patricia
Cardoso Plot
Summary - Review 1 - Review
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“Real Women Have Curves” wants to be a call-to-action to all females who feel discriminated by modern culture. Its theme seems to be “I am who I am and deal with it!” But even those who agree with its message and believe that a fair bit of discrimination still exists in today’s world cannot ignore the idiocy of its script and its presentation. We are introduced to Ana (America Ferrera), the strong-willed and full-bodied daughter of a Mexican American family. She is bright, intelligent, and determined, but she stems from a culture that says she should work at home now that high school has ended. She should stay with family, and “serve her husband.” But Ana will have none of it. Instead, she is miserable when she goes to work at her sister’s sewing factory. She is accepted at Columbia University only to be denied the opportunity by her parents. She starts seeing a local white boy in defiance of her mother. This all sounds interesting, as if there might be some deeper truths and messages to these adventures, but it is told with such incompetence and transparency that one cannot suspend his disbelief long enough to truly think. Near the end, with the finality of Ana’s college decision in the balance, “Real Women” finds a few sincere moments of emotional impact. For the remainder of the film, however, “Real Women” feels shallow. Ana’s determined speeches to her family feel more like lectures and sermons than dialogue. The film’s twists, like the economics of the sewing factory and its relationship with Bloomingdale’s, are far too blatant. It is almost as if the filmmaker had a message to convey, but then ignored all subtlety or credibility in its transition to the screen. At times “Real Women” even feels like propaganda. I was insulted by much of this film, wondering why movies like this and “Monster’s Ball,” which celebrate fake, albeit strong, female characters are hailed while films like “You Can Count On Me,” which views its females as strong enough to not lecture the audience about them, are forgotten by many. “Real Women Have Curves” makes Ana strong. It also makes her as implausible and fake as the silicone of the beauties she proudly criticizes.  
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