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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Olivia Coleman us always good but yes, I am struggling with this one a bit. I don’t really think if it as a contemplation on motherhood, but rather on the more specific experience of having children young, before you are quite formed as a person, and how restricting that is for women in particular because of how unequally the burden of raising young kids falls on women. But I struggled to relate to either of the mothers in the film because their behavior felt unconscionably selfish to me, as someone who was in my late 30s by the time I had a child. I simply cannot imagine leaving my children for years to pursue career advancement or an affair. I can’t imagine resenting my children the way these women sometimes do (even as they also obviously live them intensely). Those parts were hard to watch, especially because they made me think of my own mother, who I do think felt that way about being a mom.

It also was hard how the movie obscures the men in order to focus on the women, because it’s confusing. Leda’s husband seems immature and selfish at first, but then he becomes a single father when she runs off. Nina’s husband is one dimensional, as are bothersome women’s affair partners. I think this was a lost opportunity because none of this nuance around feelings around motherhood happens independent of the actions, inactions, or expectations of fathers.

Still worth watching but I felt unsatisfied.[/quote]

Besides nursing, there is nothing to suggest that women should be the primary caretakers of young children. I don't see why men don't take the same kind of burden. [/quote]

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