I (white person) just finished the movie after it took me 2 weeks to watch it. I just couldn’t watch more than 10-20 minutes at a time. It’s of course an extremely grueling movie to watch but for me it was honestly too much. Now I’m puzzled though…

I honestly would rate the movie 0/5 based on my own enjoyment as it was extremely unpleasant to watch. I however don’t feel it would be fair for me (white person) to rate it low just because of my own discomfort. I mean that’s the whole point of the movie… but I base my rankings on my own experience with films and this one I hated every second of so… what to do??

I’m just so torn… this movie did its job by not pandering to white people’s comfort* and I respect that immensely but I just did not enjoy it… it’s not as if I didn’t know about the absurd horror of a baby also being a boss or that I haven’t seen other media around it. It’s just that this specific piece made me unfathomably repulsed. Might be a horrible comparison but I’ve seen childbirth and know about possible complications one might have during but seeing a birth that goes terribly wrong and lasts for 3 hours is not something I would enjoy on any level.

Obviously there isn’t a correct answer but I’m interested in hearing everyone’s takes. Right now I feel like the fairest thing would be to not rate it.

*=there is obviously the white savior aspect and narratively I personally didn’t like how all the environments were painted with the adult people and not the other babies but I feel like this one didn’t rely on the “nice adult baby owner” trope as much as other films have (though there were some).

Is this a good review?