Men Women & Children – Movie Review
Director: Jason Reitman
Writer: Chad Kultgen, Jason Reitman, Erin Cressida Wilson (Screenplay)
Cast
- Rosemarie DeWitt (La La Land)
- Jennifer Garner (Love Simon)
- Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)
- Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart)
- Ansel Elgort (West Side Story)
Plot: A group of high school teenagers and their parents attempt to navigate the many ways the Internet has changed their relationships, their communications, their self-images, and their love lives.
Runtime: 1 Hour 59 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Men Women & Children starts by taking us into the world of many different families. The parents have their own problems with their relationships, which sees them facing new challenges. Elsewhere, their teenage children are also facing a range of challenges in their lives.
Verdict on Men Women & Children
Men Women & Children is a comedy-drama following the lives of multiple families. They have their own problems in life and have found solutions in their own way. However, not everything has gone as smoothly as they had hoped for both adults and teenagers.
This highlights the changes in how relationships happen. How technology has taken over most people’s lives leading to them becoming distant from the rest of the world around them. It highlights the importance of human interaction and how empty their lives have become.
Final Thoughts – Men Women & Children does a great job of highlighting the changes in relationships with technology.