Review of Se7en (1995) by Roxanne D — 21 Oct 2017
Tracy and Marla can be compared. Fight Club and Seven are only 4 years apart, and directed by one David Fincher, but the women are completely different. Tracy serves a single purpose, which is to bring her husband and Somerset together, then collapses from the film, quite physically.
The last time we see her she's in bed-that is before we imagine her head in a box. Which brings me to the most important problem with Tracy: she's utterly victimized. Not just by John Doe, but by the entirety of her circumstance.
Marla does not let herself become victimized by Tyler and Tyler. She gets caught in the middle of his existential crisis, but she and the film (credit to Fincher here) do not let her become a victim of it.
Also, she determines her life. It's pretty much as miserable as Tracy's, but she chooses it, which gives her both agency and interiority in it. Tracy has neither.
This review of Se7en (1995) was written by Roxanne D on 21 Oct 2017.
Se7en has generally received very positive reviews.
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