Justin Peterson

Women Talking presents itself as a thoughtful drama about abuse and female empowerment, but it quickly becomes clear that it’s more interested in pushing a narrow ideological message than telling a balanced story. The film paints nearly all men as irredeemable predators and uses its setting — a Mennonite colony — to take broad swipes at religion, patriarchy, and tradition. There’s no nuance. No complexity. The men are evil or useless, and the women speak in modern progressive buzzwords despite the historical setting. It doesn’t feel authentic — it feels like propaganda dressed up as art. Instead of exploring difficult moral questions or human struggle, the movie assumes a worldview and preaches it. The result is less a film and more a lecture — one that demonizes masculinity and presents an oversimplified, almost cartoonish battle of good vs. evil. If you’re looking for thoughtful commentary on real-world abuse or injustice, you won’t find it here. You’ll find a hateful, agenda-driven piece of media that insults the intelligence of viewers who want more than political talking points.