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.
Hadley Robinson and Nico Haraga in Amy Poehler s Moxie
Credit: Netflix
Dir: Amy Poehler. Cast: Hadley Robinson, Alycia Pascual-Peña, Lauren Tsai, Nico Hiraga, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Marcia Gay Harden, Sabrina Haskett, Sydney Park, Anjelica Washington, Josie Totah, Amy Poehler, Ike Barinholtz. 15 cert, 110 mins
At the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night, hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey were both sporting an unconventional red-carpet look: a small cluster of hearts and stars, scrawled on their hands in black ink. These symbols, it transpires, are a secret sign of female solidarity in Moxie, a coming-of-age drama directed by Saturday Night Live veteran Poehler, about a feminist uprising at an American high school. Hashtag activism, meet viral marketing! These days you’re looking more and more alike.
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