Short review of "Elle" (2016), Paul Verhoeven.

Verhoeven surely did a number on film critics. Some dim-witted people mistook "Starship Troppers" for a straight action movie, when it was a satire about fascism. This time my favorite subversive director presented a satire about modern feminism. It is in a way the anti-"Fifty shades of Gray". Every dark fantasy is on the screen, from the incredibly beautiful middle-aged woman to the emasculated men, the never-ending female empowerment and the disposable monsters that are the parents. Not to talk about rape (don´t fret, is right in the first scene). I can´t believe somebody took "Elle" as a straight post-feminist movie, but the proof is on the Internet: this dark comedy is being called a "thriller". I wonder if those critics are doubting themselves over a second viewing.

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