O Clube das Mulheres de Negócios

With a fun approach to such serious topics as patriarchy, racism, classism and corruption, Anna Muylaert transports us on this wormhole journey to another reality where women are in these positions of power and gender stereotypes are inverted.

The first thing to highlight is how beautiful this film is, with fantastic photography by Barbara Alvarez and fantastic costumes by Diogo Costa. I can't stop noticing how I was taken by the richness of the colors and style, as a fashion designer, seeing a costume so prominent and used as a fundamental part of the narrative made me very happy.

At its base, Women's Club is a very complex story, but it works in a simple and intentional way and saves its boldest ideas for the jokes it tries to execute, where some work and others don't, but the charismatic cast, with great performances from the 11 powerful characters and their character deviations, makes it fun to spend time with them.

Despite so many qualities, the narrative work is very simplistic and does not go deeply into any of the themes it brings to the surface, be it gender dynamics, power or politics.

The CGI is not the best, but it is not fundamental to the story and, considering the budget, it does not harm the story that uses these beautiful creatures more as a symbolic weapon of power than simple uncontrolled beasts.

With a beautiful final frame, O Clube das Mulheres de Negócios is a good surprise if you're in the right mood for a journey of absurdity, but don't look for any kind of depth in the denser themes that the film tries to address, they aren't here.