In the first few scenes with pre-MMA Riley North, guns and drugs and roundhouse kicks couldn’t be farther from her mind. What oppresses the average white suburban working mother? It’s not “pesky Mexican drug warlords,” that’s for sure.
The gang members and the corrupt justice system are just metaphorical stand-ins for the real enemy - Peg. Instead, Riley North lays awake the night after the confrontation in the parking lot, wishing she could do the day over and indulging in a fantasy of herself as a suburban mom gone badass, an avenging angel. Though the plot of Peppermint is basically a gender-swapped revenge thriller, the gun porn and dangerous stereotypes and “lazy storytelling … where the dangers lurking just outside a perfect suburban existence are pesky Mexican drug warlords,” as Manuel Betancourt wrote in Remezcla, make it less of a indulgently blood-drenched action flick and more of a propaganda piece.īut if you can possibly bring yourself to ignore the entire central plot of Peppermint, I have a conspiracy theory for you: There is no “García gang,” Carly never dies, and no one ever picks up a pornographically large firearm.
If you’re confused about why a white suburban soccer mom is taking on a horribly stereotypical gang pulled straight from Trump’s ravings about MS-13 ( “very bad”), you’re not alone.
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But before we reach that point, we suffer through a number of narrative indignities: Carly gets gunned down by a deadly Latino cartel called the “García gang” and, in retaliation, Riley North becomes a professional mixed-martial-arts fighter who takes out the gang members one by one with military-grade weaponry. After the argument, Riley’s daughter, Carly, asks her mom why she didn’t just punch Peg in the face.įast-forward to the end of the movie, and Riley North does punch Peg in the face. Garner’s character, Riley North, tries to apologize, but Peg won’t have it. Clichéd mom-on-mom insults are exchanged, of the “You’d know the rules if you weren’t too busy WORKING to ever come to a PTA meeting” type and the “Not everyone can stay at home with their kids all day in their perfect MANSION” variety. The two mothers - both white and very suburban - are standing in a grocery store parking lot, arguing over who gets to sell Girl Scout cookies where. Within the first few minutes of Jennifer Garner’s latest movie, Peppermint, we meet a very blonde, very shrill, very perfect stay-at-home mom named Peg, who insults Garner’s character for working too much. Et en plus, ça se traîne et on s’y fait chier directum.Peppermint Photo: Tony Rivetti/Courtesy of STXfilms Don't trust the critics, this is a must see! … ExpandĮncore un film de vengeance féminine… je ne suis pas contre, bien au contraire quand c’est bien fait ou pas trop mal foutu… mais là Jennifer Garner, ça va pas le faire, ni Pierre Morel réalisateur français de daubes hollymerdiennes à la petite semaine : on dirait d’ailleurs l’une de ces Encore un film de vengeance féminine… je ne suis pas contre, bien au contraire quand c’est bien fait ou pas trop mal foutu… mais là Jennifer Garner, ça va pas le faire, ni Pierre Morel réalisateur français de daubes hollymerdiennes à la petite semaine : on dirait d’ailleurs l’une de ces bessonneries typiques basses du front et de plafond de chez Europacorp ! Et ce Peppermint ne fait pas exception à la règle : un scénar de crevard et bâclé qui ne ferait même pas bonne figure pour un téléfilm de seconde zone. I signed up to Metacritic tonight, just so I could leave a review because I was so disappointed with pretentious critics who think they know what makes a good film. I've always loved Jennifer Garner, but now, I have a serious girl crush on her. I have over 1200 movies on my VUDU account (we are a bit of a movie fanatic family) and this is on my top 5 of all time favorite action movies. This is now one of my new favorite movies. It was easy to empathize with her and cheer her on. As a 40-something soccer mom, I couldn't help but root for Riley.
It was easy to Once again, the critics got it wrong! Did they see what I just watched? I've been waiting for Peppermint to come out after seeing the trailer, bought it tonight and couldn't wait to watch it with my husband. Once again, the critics got it wrong! Did they see what I just watched? I've been waiting for Peppermint to come out after seeing the trailer, bought it tonight and couldn't wait to watch it with my husband.
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