Les Braqueuses
1994 Comedy
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Summary
Four childhood girlfriends decide to rebel. They are: Cécile, a poorly
paid teacher, Bijou, who has just been ditched by her boyfriend after giving birth, Muriel,
who cares for her handicapped husband, and Lola, who has just left prison. They
decide to take to a life of crime - but only in their spare time.
Review
At first, it sounds like an interesting idea - four women reacting to a macho world by
becoming macho themselves - but it just doesn’t seem to work. The film's cheap thriller
style certainly doesn’t help - something along the lines of a trashy American teen movie,
poorly written, badly directed and with totally unconvincing, unsympathetic performances.
It’s grating, tedious and insulting, all at the same time. However, what is
really wrong is that the central idea itself is flawed, or, at the very least, horribly
dated. The reality is that women are starting to achieve equality with men, and
they are doing this without resorting to the worst behaviours of their male counterparts.
Do women really want to see themselves as Arnold Schwarzenegger? Do they really
need to hold a gun to hold their own? I don’t think so. The film is neither entertaining
nor instructive - it's just silly, unconvincing and dull.
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