Advantageous (2015)

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Siskoid
Co-written, produced and scored by its star, Jacqueline Kim, whose sci-fi claim to fame is being Sulu's daughter in Star Trek: Generations, Advantageous is a character study set a couple decades in the future, a detailed future we recognize in several ways as the one towards which we're heading. The focus, however, is the ultimate body modification - body switching - and how it becomes necessary for the lead character, a beautiful but aging woman, to undergo the procedure just to keep her job. Upward and downward mobility for women is at the heart of the film, as lyrically expressed in a strange scene where Kim's daughter (played by her actual daughter, yes) listens to women in the upstairs and downstairs apartments, and a rise in misogyny paraded as "traditional family values" should seem pretty familiar in today's climate. Advantageous feels immediately relevant, whatever minority we think it might be talking about, but for women who have been asked to change their appearance for work, it will seem very familiar. As plot takes over from characterization in the third act's necessary action, my attentions strays. For some, the reflective nature of the ending will frustrate; for others, stimulate more thought and discussion. 7 years 4 months ago
Worzel
I'm very impressed. A science-fiction movie where the real story is about people. It's like "Brazil" from a female point of view. 8 years 9 months ago