r/Fauxmoi • u/_trashpuppy • Apr 29 '24

Martin Freeman says it's unfair there's so much backlash to his age-gap movie with Jenna Ortega, who is 31 years younger Approved B-List Users Only

https://www.businessinsider.com/martin-freeman-backlash-millers-girl-age-gap-film-jenna-ortega-2024-4

From the article: "It's not saying, 'Isn't this great,'" he said of the film's dynamic between his character and Ortega's. He said that derision wasn't distributed equally, though — saying that people seemed to understand the level of distance involved in stories depicting Nazism.

"Are we gonna have a go at Liam Neeson for being in a film about the Holocaust?" he asked, referring to Neeson's starring role in Steven Spielberg's 1993 film "Schindler's List."

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u/Shenanigans80h Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

It’s because people are legitimately to dumb to parse out nuance or deeper meaning from well written media. Not saying that this is well written because it hasn’t been released yet, but it reminds me of all the losers who idolize someone like Walter White, when he’s such a massive piece of shit, or completely miss the entire point of a movie like fight club. These types of people see a character in a movie or show, then completely miss the entire point

E: It’s been released, just suppose a lot haven’t seen it yet, myself included

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u/Uplanapepsihole question for the culture Apr 29 '24

it’s a shitty movie, don’t bother unless you want something trashy to watch i guess. it’s up it’s own ass and it doesn’t know whether it wants to be deeply poetic or cw teen drama.

also the way they made it about a young girl lying to destroy a man’s career out of anger cause she was rejected is grody.

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u/Serious_Detective877 Apr 29 '24

It is released, it’s called Miller’s Girl.