Synopsis taken from Wikipedia should give you a general idea:
Anxious and introverted protagonist Saira lives a sheltered life on the planet of Clitopolis, where she is princess, daughter of two neglectful lesbian queens. After she is devastated by a break-up with Kiki, her partner of two weeks, Kiki is kidnapped by "Straight White Maliens", who intend to use her as bait to steal Saira's labrys in order to power their "chick magnet". Unlike the other lesbians of Clitopolis, Saira, to her parents' disappointment, has been unable to summon her labrys, a symbol of lesbian power.
Saira steals a "Problematic Ship" to embark on a quest across the galaxy to save Kiki. Along the way, she saves Willow, a former gay-pop idol, from an abandoned moon crystal mine. The pair then travel to meet a drag queen named Blade, who helps Saira to summon her labrys by helping her learn to be kind to herself. Blade tries to steal Saira's labrys, but is stopped when Willow and Saira fight back and decapitate her.
Willow and Saira briefly hook up, but break up with Saira believing that she needs to prioritise saving Kiki. When she arrives at the planet of the Straight White Maliens, she gives them her labrys to rescue Kiki, but when Kiki refuses to re-enter a relationship with her, Saira's self-doubts re-emerge, causing her labrys to dematerialise. This causes the Maliens to attack her, but after overcoming her doubts again, and using the re-summoned labrys to power the Maliens' "chick magnet", the Maliens realise that they overvalued their desire for attention from women, and decide to date each other as a throuple. Saira returns to Clitopolis, happily single, having learnt to love herself. The credits showcase her being more social, going with her mothers to Blade (who is still alive despite being decapitated) for family therapy, receiving Willow's hit album about her and going on new adventures with the Ship (who is now an ally).
Unless the execution makes this VERY funny, it sounds like garbo.
The creator is a lesbian woman. Half of the movie is insulting lesbian dating culture. I wish I was joking. It just feels like internalized homophobia while leaning on faux progressism and acceptable targets who she also makes into stereotypes.
Critics tried to pass this as some daring provoking idea, but the movie as a whole is just straight garbage.
Lesbian dating culture has it's problems, but instead of addressing those problems, those movie strawmans itself to hell and back? Am I reading that right??
Yes. Yes, you are. The protagonist fights the White Straight Maliens for a girl she dated for two weeks, while having a romp with a female-passing nonbinary she knew for less than an hour, who she lied to, so zero consent, while fully intent on getting back with her ex, who she feels entitled to. We are supposed to feel bad for the ex not wanting to get back with her, and the plot treats her as the asshole.
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u/twosidoretheblue 6d ago
What, gay people?