*Spoilers ahead*

I just finished watching “Don’t Worry Darling” on Netflix and – Oh. My. God. It is amazing. Everyone needs to watch it like n o w.

The only thing I didn’t like about the movie were the dysfunctional, irritating sound effects – it’s like nails on a chalkboard and it immediately irritated me each time they came on. It literally messes with my senses and makes it unpleasant to sit through. It would be great if movies stopped using those stupid sound effects – they’ve become more popular recently, especially for psychological thrillers. If you need the sound effects to make an unpleasant atmosphere, you need to work harder on making the actual scene unpleasant without those sound effects. I digress.

First of all, I already knew it was going to be an amazing movie once I saw that it was in the “Movies Written by Women” category on Netflix and the second I saw Gemma Chan appear in the movie. She is nothing short of a goddess. Although she only played a supporting role, the ending was absolutely “her.” She really redeemed herself/the character in the end.

I don’t want to give too much of the movie away because it is definitely something that everyone needs to watch – especially women. I don’t think men will really grasp the concept of the movie. It definitely has a few hidden meanings for women. Here are just my theories, and I could be way off base, but this what the movie communicated to me.

1. Men control this virtual reality, just like men control society. It’s a patriarchy.
2. Women are just there to keep men company, make them happy. Women are secondary in this society. They aren’t supposed to be anything of significance except be wives and mothers.
3. All hell breaks loose when women finally realize what they are capable of and what their reality is. I love how Gemma Chan’s character waited for “her turn” when she saw the opportunity. She most likely wouldn’t have been successful if she started off the chain reaction, but I do think the women could have collectively worked together as a whole, in secret. Especially when you figure out at the end that Bunny knew everything.
4. I think a society like that would only work if all players were consenting, not just the men. Everyone wonders what would happen if we lived in a perfect world.
5. A man’s world would crumble without the support of women.
6. I was able to detect a metaphor with Gemma Chan’s actions at the end – relating it to domestic violence. She seemed to go along with the rules throughout the movie, but the ending shows how she truly felt. She knew what was going on, but had to wait for the right moment. Similarly, domestic violence victims can’t just argue and fight back against their abusers; they can’t just up and leave without knowing they’ll be safe first – because otherwise they run the risk of their abusers finding them and/or treating them worse. It takes a lot of planning to escape abusive relationships because you need to make sure everything goes right. If one thing goes wrong, you run the risk of being killed by said abuser. Especially if there are children involved, it’s even that much more dangerous trying to leave the situation. It’s not as simple as getting up and walking away – which is exactly what was portrayed in this movie.

People need to write more movies like this. I think the ending could have been more powerful if all of the women escaped together, leaving the men behind. But I’m also all for chaos, especially against men.