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Moxieis a story of teen feminist rebellion with a screenplay that plays every moment just a little too safe.
Why should I have to ignore him?
Why cant he just not be a dick?
This is a great question.
Someone actually sees us.
For real: Bikini Kill is referenced so often in this movie that Kathleen Hanna deserves a supporting-actor credit.
Inspired by what she finds, Vivian impulsively creates her own zine name, obviously:Moxie!
that highlights all the injustice and misogyny running rampant through the halls of Rockport.
What dragsMoxiedown more than anything, though, are the predictable beats in its screenplay.
On multiple occasions, its obvious whats going to happen before it actually does.
that it sometimes sounds like its satirizing liberal ideals instead of embracing them.
We argued with each other, she says.
We werent intersectional enough.
We called our meetings pow-wows.
The movie displays Vivians blind spots about being a white girl who possesses all the privileges of whiteness.
The words of Rebel Girl are worth remembering, for sure.
