Review of G.I. Jane (1997) by Jani H — 21 Nov 2009
Much better than its reputation, but G.I. Jane's themes are shown so bluntly that it makes it difficult to get around. You have this female senator who is all about equal rights for females, in this case, in the military.
Through her powers, she succeeds in getting Lt. O'Neill (Demi Moore) enrolled in the Navy SEALS training program. Everybody wants to see her fail because she's just a wittle girl. Now I would actually go so far to say that I liked this movie: it kept my attention and kept me entertained, and I thought the action and training scenes were all well done; Ridley Scott just flat out knows how to make movies.
The only thing that is a real monkey wrench in the gears of the movie is that it's totally feminist propaganda. It isn't all the time, but right when you think that you're out of it, you get another "I can do anything as good as men" speech.
I'm all for equal rights and I did actually enjoy this, but man, the feminist tones really dragged the movie down.
This review of G.I. Jane (1997) was written by Jani H on 21 Nov 2009.
G.I. Jane has generally received mixed reviews.
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