Broken Wing Attracts Male Every Time

Rating: 3/10 (27 April 2001)

I went into this movie expecting to find a sad and funny tale of loneliness. What I got was an atavistic lecture in antediluvian sexism. Never mind if a woman is slovenly, overweight, smokes, drinks, and totally inept: all that matters is that if she appears pathetic enough, and speaks like a sex kitten, she will snare The Right Man (older, richer, smarter, and higher class) who will then Fix Everything. The last scene says it all: Bridget in Underwear in Snow Embraced by Protector. Please. As for men who do not fit the perfect mold, well, they're Losers and don't deserve sex. And as for attractive, competent women, well, they're "Stick Insect" castrating witches.
This movie displays a reversion to sexual politics as crude and pathetic as anything I've seen post-feminism. Its myopism is the funniest thing about it. Bridget can hardly see that she is imitating perfectly her mother's choices and is headed for exactly the same misery. Maybe that is the film's subtle message, but I won't give it the credit of being that intelligent. Too bad, because the cast are all fine actors.