
Just Like a Woman
2020

Representation Score
Good
2025
Director
Karoline Herfurth
Runtime
132 minutes
Average Rating
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More Beautiful (2025) functions as a sophisticated anthology that deconstructs social norms rather than following traditional romance clichés. It successfully frames personal crises, such as body image and infidelity, as systemic issues rather than isolated individual struggles. The film's strength lies in its intentionality, centering the female experience and psychological autonomy to define value outside the male gaze. By addressing themes like toxic masculinity and historical invisibility, it offers a nuanced critique of modern identity and social hierarchies. While the film makes strides in gender and cultural subversion, the depth of multi-layered racial development and specific LGBTQ+ identities remains less defined in the narrative scope.
Category Breakdown
The film explores non-traditional relationship structures and questions the idea of isolated togetherness. While specific romantic identities aren't explicitly stated, the focus on individual liberation allows for queer-coded explorations of autonomy.
The narrative excels at challenging traditional hierarchies by centering the female experience. It addresses the psychological toll of beauty standards and the historical invisibility of women, while also examining masculinity through specific character arcs.
The film advocates for a universalist approach to desirability that transcends skin color. While the cast includes diverse names, the narrative focus remains primarily on the internal psychological states of the protagonists.
The story challenges Western institutional norms, particularly regarding the nuclear family and traditional marriage. It critiques capitalist pressures to maintain physical perfection and prioritizes individual ability to act over domestic stability.
There is no explicit evidence regarding the portrayal of physical or neurodivergent disabilities within the provided character descriptions.
Present on Screen
Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
The main thing is sexy - no matter whether thin, fat, what skin color, young, old, we can all be sexy in different ways. Almost every woman grows up having to work on herself in order to remain desirable. Why? What if we stopped pushing ourselves into a sexy pose with all our might? What if we no longer fought for the right to be sexy, but were truly free? What if we stopped investing all our time and energy in being heard and the world started to hear us? A modern movie about modern women and men - who might be able to find a common language.

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