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	Comments on: Review: Amnesia Thriller &#8216;Before I Go to Sleep&#8217; Starring Colin Firth &#038; Nicole Kidman	</title>
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		By: Christine		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2016 05:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OK, like Kermode, I enjoyed the film (without thinking it is the top of art-house cinema, of course), but I did have trouble getting to the end of - not the film, but the review. 

So this seems to be the explanation for the film being &#034;misogynist&#034; (the correct word is &#034;misogynistic&#034;):&#034;Kidman\&#039;s character is constantly abused, tortured, and harassed, both physically and psychologically. She never fights back and rarely even protests&#034;. Now this statement is blatantly untrue. She is not terribly efficient - no one without memory would be, either man or woman - but she is actively searching for solutions, she does not allow herself to be constantly abused psychologically (in fact, the moment she realises she is being abused, she fights back) or physically (there are three cases of physical abuse, in all cases she is taken by surprise and immediately fights back or calls for help, in one case she physically defeats the abuser - not an easy thing for a woman to achieve in a man-to-woman struggle). And she or the authors of the film do not for a moment even hint at the possibility that abuse should be acceptable because she had an affair.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, like Kermode, I enjoyed the film (without thinking it is the top of art-house cinema, of course), but I did have trouble getting to the end of &#8211; not the film, but the review. </p>
<p>So this seems to be the explanation for the film being &quot;misogynist&quot; (the correct word is &quot;misogynistic&quot;):&quot;Kidman\&#8217;s character is constantly abused, tortured, and harassed, both physically and psychologically. She never fights back and rarely even protests&quot;. Now this statement is blatantly untrue. She is not terribly efficient &#8211; no one without memory would be, either man or woman &#8211; but she is actively searching for solutions, she does not allow herself to be constantly abused psychologically (in fact, the moment she realises she is being abused, she fights back) or physically (there are three cases of physical abuse, in all cases she is taken by surprise and immediately fights back or calls for help, in one case she physically defeats the abuser &#8211; not an easy thing for a woman to achieve in a man-to-woman struggle). And she or the authors of the film do not for a moment even hint at the possibility that abuse should be acceptable because she had an affair.</p>
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		By: Christine		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2016 05:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Apart from this being an almost nonsensically malevolent review (I think the review most to the point is Mark Kermode\&#039;s - a flimsy film but enjoyable with three top-notch performances), it contains a particularly senseless assertion that &#034;Before You Go to Sleep&#034; is &#034;misogynist&#034;, i.e. women-hating. In what way? The villain is a man, the woman is doing her best considering her circumstances, actually at the end beating the villain single-handedly (with the help of one man and one woman). Does the main female character really have to be chillingly murderous for a film to be &#034;women-loving&#034;?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apart from this being an almost nonsensically malevolent review (I think the review most to the point is Mark Kermode\&#8217;s &#8211; a flimsy film but enjoyable with three top-notch performances), it contains a particularly senseless assertion that &quot;Before You Go to Sleep&quot; is &quot;misogynist&quot;, i.e. women-hating. In what way? The villain is a man, the woman is doing her best considering her circumstances, actually at the end beating the villain single-handedly (with the help of one man and one woman). Does the main female character really have to be chillingly murderous for a film to be &quot;women-loving&quot;?</p>
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		By: Susan		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2016 05:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I just saw Before I go to Sleep and listen to me. Ignore this crazy negative review. I read the book and it is a marvelous movie. Kidman, Firth and Strong are all excellent and I deeply cared about the characters and it had me on the edge of my seat even though I read the book and knew what was coming. I don\&#039;t usually see main stream films and stick to Indies. I\&#039;m picky since I graduated from NYU\&#039;s Tisch School of the Arts (Film Production) and have high standards. I loved this movie. Also, this publication always pans anything Colin Firth is in so take that into account. I\&#039;m a fan of all three stars so take that into account too. The only thing credible that this critic said is that this film is evocative of the great great Kurasowa film Rashomon (not in any way its equal, but a film told from different points of view.   ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just saw Before I go to Sleep and listen to me. Ignore this crazy negative review. I read the book and it is a marvelous movie. Kidman, Firth and Strong are all excellent and I deeply cared about the characters and it had me on the edge of my seat even though I read the book and knew what was coming. I don\&#8217;t usually see main stream films and stick to Indies. I\&#8217;m picky since I graduated from NYU\&#8217;s Tisch School of the Arts (Film Production) and have high standards. I loved this movie. Also, this publication always pans anything Colin Firth is in so take that into account. I\&#8217;m a fan of all three stars so take that into account too. The only thing credible that this critic said is that this film is evocative of the great great Kurasowa film Rashomon (not in any way its equal, but a film told from different points of view.   </p>
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		By: snevetse		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[snevetse]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2016 05:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[what a biased review... gosh. that is why we should go to watch the movies by ourselves instead of reading stupid reviews. the acting is very close to what you read on the book. major fails concerns the editing, i guess i have to agree that the director and some poor dialogue are the issues. not the acting.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>what a biased review&#8230; gosh. that is why we should go to watch the movies by ourselves instead of reading stupid reviews. the acting is very close to what you read on the book. major fails concerns the editing, i guess i have to agree that the director and some poor dialogue are the issues. not the acting.</p>
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		By: Film Runner		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Film Runner]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[I saw this over a month ago when it was on in the UK and I couldn\&#039;t for the life of me work out why it was a thriller. This concept would have worked fine for a dramatic piece about a woman trying to cope with this sort of amnesia, but the thriller elements just feel shoehorned in, like the writer couldn\&#039;t think of anything else to do with her character.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw this over a month ago when it was on in the UK and I couldn\&#8217;t for the life of me work out why it was a thriller. This concept would have worked fine for a dramatic piece about a woman trying to cope with this sort of amnesia, but the thriller elements just feel shoehorned in, like the writer couldn\&#8217;t think of anything else to do with her character.</p>
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		By: The Playlist		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Playlist]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2016 05:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Don\&#039;t be silly, we\&#039;ve countlessly applauded Kidman\&#039;s work in movies like Birth, Eyes Wide Shut, The Others, Dogville, etc. We even did a feature about her best roles to that effect and they dwarf other female stars of her stature. Look it up and don\&#039;t assume.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don\&#8217;t be silly, we\&#8217;ve countlessly applauded Kidman\&#8217;s work in movies like Birth, Eyes Wide Shut, The Others, Dogville, etc. We even did a feature about her best roles to that effect and they dwarf other female stars of her stature. Look it up and don\&#8217;t assume.</p>
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		By: Mary		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2016 05:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An F? Really? Is it really that bad or is The Playlist on some sort of Kidman-hating-spree?

&#034;The Paperboy&#034; and &#034;Grace of Monaco&#034; both got an F on this site, while &#034;Stoker&#034; got a D. And apparently you found &#034;The Railway Man&#034; worth of an F-rating as well. Yikes, Kidman must be the actress with the worst track on this site?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An F? Really? Is it really that bad or is The Playlist on some sort of Kidman-hating-spree?</p>
<p>&quot;The Paperboy&quot; and &quot;Grace of Monaco&quot; both got an F on this site, while &quot;Stoker&quot; got a D. And apparently you found &quot;The Railway Man&quot; worth of an F-rating as well. Yikes, Kidman must be the actress with the worst track on this site?</p>
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		By: AdaMonroe		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AdaMonroe]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Railway Man was very far from being &#034;abysmal&#034;.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Railway Man was very far from being &quot;abysmal&quot;.</p>
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		By: Annie		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[I actually liked the book, so I\&#039;ll probably try to catch the movie at some point.  I\&#039;m sorry to see  that it\&#039;s getting bad reviews.  I think perhaps Kidman and Firth should give their partnership a rest for awhile; perhaps they are too comfortable with each other as co-stars.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I actually liked the book, so I\&#8217;ll probably try to catch the movie at some point.  I\&#8217;m sorry to see  that it\&#8217;s getting bad reviews.  I think perhaps Kidman and Firth should give their partnership a rest for awhile; perhaps they are too comfortable with each other as co-stars.</p>
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