We are informed that it was not losing her husband, but “losing love itself” that ruined Adele still, it’s apparent that being single has rendered Adele completely unable to function. To do a bit of plot recap: Kate Winslet plays Adele, a woman whose husband left her for his secretary and plunged her into a spiral of harrowing depression, largely signified by the fact that Kate Winslet has messy hair and doesn’t seem to be wearing makeup. I do blame it, however, for internalizing our culture’s contempt for women so profoundly that it seems entirely unaware of how insulting its ideas of “wish-fulfillment” are. So I don’t blame Labor Day for trying to provide the ladies with a little wish-fulfillment in the form of an aesthetically pleasing, problem-solving dude. A few weeks ago, those same critics had no such complaints about the partner-coddling, chore-doing female lead of Her. Notice, for example, how many male critics are jumping at the chance to complain about how awful Labor Day is, and how often they cite the unrealistic masculine perfection of its romantic lead Frank - he’s so nurturing! He never stops doing chores! - as one of their reasons for disliking the film. In fact, I find the contempt in which these girly movies are frequently held to be disturbing and pretty darn sexist. Granted, the ideas of “perfect romance” put forth by these movies are often a little silly, but that’s true of so-called “serious” dramas, too. I don’t inherently object to chick flicks.

According to 'Labor Day,' it doesn’t matter how many violent crimes you’ve committed, so long as you provide company for a lonely woman.

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