"Si j'étais un homme" tells the story of a single mother who, one day, suddenly awakens with a penis between her legs. This incident leads her into a crisis of identity and she has to face some challenges when she falls in love with the man of her dreams and has to handle a moody best friend and an overwhelmed doctor.
The film is pretty much what happens when you ask for a typical portrayal of a man at a bachelorette party. It consists mainly of stereotypes about both men and women and uses the worn-out question what a woman would do with a penis to add some spice to a rather basic love story. It is entertaining and it doesn't have lengths but I find it a bit problematic to approach the topic of gender roles by bringing back all the stupid stereotypes that every bad comedian's program consists of. Maybe you could argue that the film supports fluent gender roles, which I support but all in all I rather get the picture that the penis was a selling point and the equality maybe not so much an issue or why has to be a naked woman in the end but no naked man? The small twist before the credits was nicely done, though.
All in all this movie is not very creative. You can give it a watch if you want to switch off your head for a while and get entertained meanwhile, but don't expect greatness in humor or thought.
The film is pretty much what happens when you ask for a typical portrayal of a man at a bachelorette party. It consists mainly of stereotypes about both men and women and uses the worn-out question what a woman would do with a penis to add some spice to a rather basic love story. It is entertaining and it doesn't have lengths but I find it a bit problematic to approach the topic of gender roles by bringing back all the stupid stereotypes that every bad comedian's program consists of. Maybe you could argue that the film supports fluent gender roles, which I support but all in all I rather get the picture that the penis was a selling point and the equality maybe not so much an issue or why has to be a naked woman in the end but no naked man? The small twist before the credits was nicely done, though.
All in all this movie is not very creative. You can give it a watch if you want to switch off your head for a while and get entertained meanwhile, but don't expect greatness in humor or thought.