Moxie (2021) (original) (raw)
Fed up with the sexist and toxic status quo at her high school, a shy 16-year-old finds inspiration from her mother's rebellious past and anonymously publishes a zine that sparks a school-wide, coming-of-rage revolution.
Fed up with the sexist and toxic status quo at her high school, a shy 16-year-old finds inspiration from her mother's rebellious past and anonymously publishes a zine that sparks a school-wide, coming-of-rage revolution. (less)
Director: Amy Poehler
Writer: Tamara Chestna
Starring: Hadley Robinson, Nico Hiraga, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Lauren Tsai, Alycia Pascual-Pena, Sydney Park
Producers: Morgan Sackett, Amy Poehler
Review by Brian Orndorf, March 3, 2021
8 / 10
�Moxie� was a 2017 book by Jennifer Mathieu, presenting a story about a high school girl beginning to understand how females are actually treated in educational and social systems, rising up to do something about it by weaponizing a voice she never knew she had. The material gives a lot to screenwriters Tamara Chestna and Dylan Meyer, who set out to define multiple characters and personal histories in just under two hours of screen time, also making sure the central message of revolution is preserved, but from a human perspective involving two generations of participants. The production mostly ...read more...
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