Review: Netflix s Moxie Means Well but Falls Flat I Love What Netflix s Moxie Was Trying to Do: I Just Don t Like How They Did It 13 Shares
When Netflix announced they were adapting
Moxie into a feature film, fans of Jennifer Mathieu s original novel were hype. I was excited, too. Even though I haven t read the book, I wanted to love
Moxie, as it has all the elements I look for in a film: a fantastic soundtrack, filled with everything from Bikini Kill and The Linda Lindas to Tierra Whack and Princess Nokia; a stellar cast featuring Alycia Pascual-Peña, Nico Hiraga, Hadley Robinson, Josie Totah, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Josephine Langford, Amy Poehler, Ike Barinholtz; and more. Plus, it was Poehler s directorial debut, and I was very interested to see where her eye was as a director. Instead, what made people love the book seemed to fall flat when brought to life on screen.