The Red Pill
2016 · Movie · R · 118 min · ★ 7.5 · 22% critics
A feminist filmmaker sets out to document the polarizing Men’s Rights Movement and ends up confronting assumptions she didn’t expect to question. Through interviews, personal reflections, and clashing viewpoints, the film explores debates around gender equality, power, and privilege while highlighting how hard it can be for opposing sides to truly listen.
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-10-14
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 22/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (219 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a challenging, conversation-starting documentary about modern gender politics and contested narratives, in the vein of 13th or Explained; Not for you if you want a calm, consensus-driven take.
Pros: provocative perspective shift; wide-ranging interviews; sparks debate | Cons: uneven depth and nuance; muddled thesis at times; rough, low-budget feel
Themes
- politics
- feminism
- interview
- based on true story
- equality
- human rights
- gender
- gender roles
- misogyny
- social documentary
- woman director
- identity politics
- +6 more
Cast & crew
Cassie Jaye
as Self
- AT
Alison Tieman
as Self
- AV
Attila Vinczer
as Self
- BS
Barbara Smith
as Self
- BE
Ben Evans
as Self
- BM
Brian de Matos
as Self
- CS
Carnell Smith
as Self
- CB
Chanty Binx
as Self
- DP
Dan Perrins
as Self
- DJ
Darrah De Jour
as Self
Directed by Cassie Jaye