Not a beautiful romance at all

Rating: Null/10 (14 October 2017)

This film is an average focus on women as objects of desire who are badgered into being complicit. I encourage new viewers to see it in the light of the Harvey Weinstein story. The film is devoted to a persistent male suitor who ignores repeated refusals, and finally, with the winking help of a bartender, resorts to getting his object of desire drunk enough to stop resisting.
Linklater was much more honest with his film Tape, which covered a similar issue from the woman's perspective. It will be interesting to see if the film drops in popularity. If it remains a popular "romance," there is little point to legislating sexual harassment. We get what the majority believe is the way men and women should respect each other.