

The Red Pill
A feminist's journey into the Men's Rights Movement
When a feminist filmmaker sets out to document the mysterious and polarizing world of the Men’s Rights Movement, she begins to question her own beliefs. Chronicling Cassie Jaye’s journey exploring an alternate perspective on gender equality, power and privilege.
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- English
- politics
- feminism
- interview
- based on true story
- equality
- human rights
- gender
- gender roles
- misogyny
- social documentary
- woman director
- identity politics
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- PremiereRNew York7 Oct 2016
- Theatrical (limited)R14 Oct 2016
- PhysicalRDVD / BD7 Mar 2017
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- Digital / OTTM6 Apr 2017
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The Red Pill was released on 14 October 2016.
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Simon Foster
12/7/2016
"Cassie Jaye’s men, and by association the filmmaker herself, are not serving a greater good or inspiring discourse, but instead fuelling a social divide and dishonouring their respective genders..." Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2016/12/7/the-red-pill.html
- Y9/10
y2kaoz
3/10/2017
<p> Lets get this out of the way. First things first, <i><b>THE BAD</b></i>: It's a shame that Men's Rights have to be validated through the lens of a <i><b>feminist's</b></i> perspective in order to be taken seriously, <i>BUT</i>, at the same time that's the Documentary's strongest point.</p> <p> Men's voices are not being heard. If a man has a problem he has to <i>"M…
- T6/10
tmdb15214618
7/15/2017
As a documentary, it's pretty bad; there's little skill involved. As a primer on gender theory beyond feminism, it's alright; it gets the broad strokes right but fumbles the details and muddles the thesis somewhat. If it weren't the only documentary to tackle this topic, I'd rate it lower, but it gets a bonus point for its originality and guts. It's worth a watch if you care about human rights and equality.
- T8/10
tournelhenry
12/12/2022
Opens those subtle issues in the developed society which have always been overlooked First, it was so easy to understand. Interestingly arranged. Also brought up different views of gender rights. But, most importantly, it sheds light on gender discrimination against male. An issue which is always overlooked. It is accompanied with modestly nice graphics for a documentary.
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/13/2023
It seems like most of the 1 star reviews on IMDb, from reading through this, didn't actually watch the film. Most of what they claim aren't present in the film at all, they are assumptions of what the MRA is and not what is stated in the documentary. And then there are entire reviews about thing that aren't even a part of the documentary. So clearly this is polarizing, but I haven't seen polarization where i…
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