Me You Madness

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Me You Madness
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A Lot or a Little?
The parents' guide to what's in this movie.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Me You Madness is a violent comedy written and directed by Louise Linton, who also stars. The movie follows the life of self obsessed Catherine Black (Linton), an incredibly wealthy businesswoman who only flies private, owns the most expensive cars, and wears the most fashionable clothing. She also likes to kill men. And cook and eat them. She states with glee that it's "hilarious to harass a man." While there's a lot of violence and blood, most of it feels fake or purposefully comic. Men get punched, kicked, stabbed, drugged, killed, beaten to death with shoes or hit with household items or sporting equipment like a tennis racket. Frozen body parts are chopped up and sawed. A severed man's head is used as a dance partner and more. Comedic fight scenes between a woman and a man. A few sex scenes show skin and adults in underwear. Linton is also quite often dressed in little clothing or without a bra, and there are a few erotic dance sequences. A fully naked woman and bare breasts are briefly shown in the shower. A man's "bulge" is zoomed in on. Lots of strong language throughout includes: "f--," "f--king," "s--t," "c--t," "p---y," "c--ksucker," "goddamn," "bitch," "ass," "douch bag," "t-ts," "penis," "hell," and "balls." Adults vape. Characters discuss drugs and doing "Molly" (ecstasy). Lots of drinking wine, champagne, and other alcoholic beverages. A woman drugs a man with a "roofie" (the date rape drug). Some Asian fetishism and exoticization in the film.
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What's the Story?
In ME YOU MADNESS, super wealthy business woman Catherine Black (Louise Linton) loves great clothes, expensive cars, and her amazing life. She also likes to kill men and eat them. But one day, a small-time criminal (Ed Westwick) targets Black's beautiful home only to find himself caught in her dangerous world. Will he escape Black and her murderous nature?
Is It Any Good?
This a strange, unnecessary comedy that's not funny. Me You Madness mostly feels like a collection of personal rants from writer, director, and star Louise Linto mapped onto an uninspired serial killer comedy. Within the first 10 minutes, Linton makes it clear that she views her film as the "woman version of American Psycho," but her film is absolutely nothing like Mary Harron's provocative, polarizing, brutal, problematic, terrifying, and compelling adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's novel. Where Herron's film arguably has inherent critiques of 1980s materialism, vapidity, extremism (in this case violence), sexism, and masculinity, Linton's "woman version" here doesn't thrill, terrify, or critique. The violence is surprisingly tame and uncreative, despite lots of dialogue dedicated to how the film is quite the opposite. And while tastes will vary, half of the film seems intent on finding reasons to show off Linton herself, in all her different and expensive costumes and dresses and lingerie. Many scenes simply devolve into Linton dancing (often erotically), working out, or showering. Also, there's a weirdly high degree of Asian fetishism and exoticization in the film. Of the very few side characters in the film, 2 of them are Asian, both are confidants, one a manicurist named Tien-Ting (Jimmy Dinh), the other a lover named Yu Yan (Shuya Chang). In every scene with these two Linton shows off her Mandarin and "downness" with Asian peoples. It feels odd and disingenuous.
In many specific moments and in totality, it's hard not to see this movie as simply a poorly-conceived, acted, and executed dream project of a very wealthy white woman in real life who has a film producer husband. Teens and adults should look elsewhere for laughs and thrills.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about violence in comedies. How did you find the violence in Me You Madness? Was it over the top or not enough? Too comedic or too violent? How would the film be different if the violence was more realistic, gory, or serious?
What is satire or parody in film? Does this movie qualify? Why or why not?
Did the visual focus on Catherine Black's physical body help or harm the film in your opinion? Explain.
Ed Westwick was accused in 2017 and 2018 of rape by three women and assault by another. At least two accusations were already well known before his casting. Linton has said in interviews: "We shouldn't torpedo someone's career for unsubstantiated charges." Do you agree with her? Why or why not?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming: February 12, 2021
- Cast: Louise Linton, Ed Westwick, Shuya Chang, Jimmy Dinh
- Director: Louise Linton
- Studio: Stormchaser Films
- Genre: Comedy
- Run time: 98 minutes
- MPAA rating: R
- MPAA explanation: language throughout, some violence, sexual content, brief drug use and nudity,
- Last updated: March 31, 2022
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