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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsLove this scathing review of new Netflix movie, "Purple Hearts."
Netflixs Purple Hearts Is Horrific Military Propagandaand One of the Years Worst MoviesPurple Hearts is an utter mess of bad romance and worse politicswith an inane, awful, insipid, infuriating title.
Fletcher Peters
Entertainment Reporter
Published Aug. 17, 2022 7:20PM ET
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What happens when a girl blue heart and a boy red heart love each other very much? They create a purple heart. Thats the Birds and the Bees 101, guys. This purple heart BS is the entire basis of Purple Hearts, which finds one Democratic woman falling in love with a Republican soldier.
Set aside the ghastly title for a minute to learn about the rest of the gut-wrenching (as in, youll cry out of boredom, not actual emotions) plot. Aspiring musician Cassie (Sofia Carson) cant scrounge up enough money to pay her rent and her insulin bills; shes recently been diagnosed with type-1 diabetes. Nearly on her deathbed, Cassie drums up a decent plan: Shell marry her best friend in the military for his health insurance.
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I get the pushback against this trope, I do. Occasionally, iconic enemies-to-friends film Youve Got Mail faces criticism, due to the fact that charming small bookshop owner Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) falls into the arms of the man (Tom Hanks) who shuts her store down by introducing a big Barnes and Noble-Esque emporium right down the street. How can a woman love a man who ruins her life? But its Nora Ephron, so we forgive her. Theres chunky sweaters, Dreams by the Cranberries, and actually, Tom Hanks is incredibly charmingits all undeniable.
But Luke is not. Swap oversized sweaters with military uniforms and Dreams with Cassies military-wife anthem Come Back Home, and the romance begins to look a little more shifty. If your Republican husband isnt voting to take away your right to free healthcare, hes stripping your right to abortion. After that, hell be sure to take away your right to contraceptive rights, your ability to divorce him, and then, the kicker, your right to vote.
How romantic!
Full review here
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Love this scathing review of new Netflix movie, "Purple Hearts." (Original Post)
catbyte
Aug 2022
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greatauntoftriplets
(175,749 posts)1. Thanks for the warning.
Sounds like a Republican girl's wet dream.
yonder
(9,674 posts)2. No gasserooni for me. Thanks for the heads up.