The Red Pill (2016)

★ 7.5 1h 58m 212 votes IMDb

Documentary

When a feminist filmmaker sets out to document the mysterious and polarizing world of the Men’s Rights Movement, she begins to question her own beliefs. Chronicling Cassie Jaye’s journey exploring an alternate perspective on gender equality, power and privilege.

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Cassie Jaye as Self Age 39 · Fort Sill, Oklahoma, USA Cassie Jaye (born May 1, 1986) is an American film director, best known for directing the 2016 documentary film The Red Pill about the men's rights movement. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Anderson Cooper as Self (archive footage) Age 58 · New York City, New York, USA Anderson Hays Cooper is an American journalist, television personality, and author. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°..

Barack Obama as Self (archive footage) Age 64 · Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-Am...

Hillary Clinton as Self (archive footage) Age 78 · Chicago, Illinois, USA Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician. She is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election. She was the 67...

Michelle Obama as Self (archive footage) Age 62 · Chicago, Illinois, USA Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964), an American lawyer and writer, is the wife of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the first African-American First Lady...

Director Cassie Jaye

Cast Cassie Jaye, Alison Tieman, Attila Vinczer, Barbara Smith, Ben Evans, Brian de Matos, Carnell Smith, Chanty Binx, Dan Perrins, Darrah De Jour

Simon Foster Dec 07, 2016

"Cassie Jaye’s men, and by association the filmmaker herself, are not serving a greater good or inspiring discourse, but instead fuelling a social divide and dishonouring their respective genders..."

Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2016/12/7/the-red-pill.html

y2kaoz 9/10 Mar 10, 2017

Lets get this out of the way. First things first, THE BAD: It's a shame that Men's Rights have to be validated through the lens of a feminist's perspective in order to be taken seriously, BUT, at the same time that's the Documentary's strongest point.

    Men's voices are not being heard. If a man has a problem he has to "Man up" and shut up. If a woman has a problem it has to be some man's fault, we all know they are privileged, right? that is main stream culture.

    In this movie you will NOT see men bashing women left and right. You'll see men and women just talking about Men's issues and the need for those issues to be addressed, no more, no less.

tmdb15214618 6/10 Jul 15, 2017

As a documentary, it's pretty bad; there's little skill involved. As a primer on gender theory beyond feminism, it's alright; it gets the broad strokes right but fumbles the details and muddles the thesis somewhat. If it weren't the only documentary to tackle this topic, I'd rate it lower, but it gets a bonus point for its originality and guts. It's worth a watch if you care about human rights and equality.

tournelhenry 8/10 Dec 12, 2022

Opens those subtle issues in the developed society which have always been overlooked

First, it was so easy to understand. Interestingly arranged. Also brought up different views of gender rights. But, most importantly, it sheds light on gender discrimination against male. An issue which is always overlooked. It is accompanied with modestly nice graphics for a documentary.

GenerationofSwine 10/10 Jan 13, 2023

It seems like most of the 1 star reviews on IMDb, from reading through this, didn't actually watch the film.

Most of what they claim aren't present in the film at all, they are assumptions of what the MRA is and not what is stated in the documentary.

And then there are entire reviews about thing that aren't even a part of the documentary.

So clearly this is polarizing, but I haven't seen polarization where it's this blatant that one side didn't bother to watch the film.

At any rate, the Cassie video journals are interesting as we see how her own thoughts evolved on the subject (if they are real) and the interviews are nice, especially with how they openly contradict one another. They give you the feeling that one side of the debate just isn't listening to the other.

But ultimately, it is a fail stylistically. You have documentaries like "The Corporation," "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," that all do a decent job of presenting their sides with a bit more style.

Even some of the interview locations where show with semi-distracting backgrounds.

The substance is there. And the even-handedness seems to be there as well, thought she does make conclusions (which is fair to do) she also does it with enough integrity to show the other side of the debate and even cover the history.

The problem is one of style, but that's like a club tie and a firm handshake, its something that can be picked up over time.