One In the Same

 After much discussion over the controversial Netflix film “Cuties,” the movie has been on the top ten watched today list on Netflix for the past week or two. This, bringing in many viewer reviews in regards to the film. On the IMDB page for the movie, the audience reviews seem very similar and universal, but at the same time there are also some that may differ from others.

While most of the movie’s reviews seem normative by saying how disturbing and uncomfortable it was to watch the movie, the majority of those normative views were linked to empirical observations made rather than being primarily ungrounded. For example, in one of the reviews the user decided to not focus on the obvious fact about how the young girls in this movie were oversexualized, rather than how the plot was there but was not complete. He addresses almost all the plot holes, camera angles and moral of the story. Another user makes a similar review, although being short and to the point, it addresses the one flaw of the movie which is how the girls are portrayed and oversexualized. Although most of the lengthy reviews seem to have empirical observations, much of the shorter and straight to the point reviews seem to be normative. For example, much of these reviews are one sentence, much like these made by several users: 

“Worst movie ever seen , violence and harmful sexuality content.” 

“Absolutely garbage and should never have been made.”

“No other words. Absolutely disgusting. Netflix bye bye.”

With much controversy over the film, the reviews all seem to be on the same track normative or empirical. They all surround the fact that although the movie had a redeeming plot, the movie oversexualized young girls through how they are perceived through the screen and society.