The Female Brain

With tender performances and dubious conclusions, this story is best appreciated as an explanation for why people seek out the false comfort of gendered pseudoscience. But by fitting characters into formulas, The Female Brain fails to observe the flexibility of human experience.

2617d ago

Both in front of and behind the camera, Whitney Cummings tries to breathe new life into the hackneyed, men-are-like-this, women-are-like-this style of romantic comedy with “The Female Brain.” The results are frustratingly hit-and-miss.

2617d ago

With tender performances and dubious conclusions, this story is best appreciated as an explanation for why people seek out the false comfort of gendered pseudoscience. But by fitting characters into formulas, The Female Brain fails to observe the flexibility of human experience.

2617d ago

Based on the popular and controversial nonfiction book by Louann Brizendine

2617d ago

Based on the popular and controversial nonfiction book by Louann Brizendine

2617d ago

Rather than homing in on any lessons to be gleaned from all these relationships, Cummings just lets the camera roll as the actors engage in rhythmless Apatovian improv sessions.

2617d ago

Rather than homing in on any lessons to be gleaned from all these relationships, Cummings just lets the camera roll as the actors engage in rhythmless Apatovian improv sessions.

2617d ago