Cuties is a dope film about the horrors of being a pre-teen. Beautifully acted and shot, with surprising flourishes of magical realism. It’s about all the ways that girls are forced too soon into being women - & the dangerous void created when no one is there to guide them...
It made me shudder remembering that desperation to be accepted & special. I actually think the film has an incredibly clear moral line it hammers home - we can no longer control what children are exposed to. Knowledge is power - and the girls are repeatedly shown being crushed...
by their own innocence and lack of knowhow. Though all the women in the film are fighting the patriarchy (and losing) - the film is smart not to centre men. Yeah, it’s deeply deeply unsettling. I genuinely couldn’t look at one scene - not cos it was shocking, but because I...
felt the character’s shame so acutely. I am fully here for a black female director making work that provokes us from a place of experience and love for her characters. So watch it.
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