Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- witty
- defiant
- provocative
- date night
- social commentary movie night
What critics said
Critics found the film uneven and conventional in execution but valued its provocative gender-role reversal and Marie-Sophie Ferdane’s striking performance.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The world resembles contemporary society except women occupy dominant social and romantic positions while men experience the expectations usually imposed on women.
Damien’s relationship with Alexandra forces him to confront how gendered privilege affects seduction, vulnerability, and partnership.
The reversed world makes ordinary sexist assumptions appear strange and provocative through comedic situations.
Damien and Alexandra develop a relationship that challenges the rules of their reversed society and ultimately confronts the limits of that bond.
Films like I Am Not an Easy Man, and why
What Women Want
shares romantic comedy, gender role reversal, and socially pointed satire about masculinity and femininity
The Swap
combines a fish out of water premise with gender politics, relationship comedy, and provocative social commentary
Barbie
uses heightened romantic comedy and speculative social inversion to examine gender expectations and intimate relationships
Movie Details
- Director
- Eléonore Pourriat
- Release Date
- 2018-04-13
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (1036)
Cast
- Vincent Elbaz
- Marie-Sophie Ferdane
- Pierre Bénézit
- Blanche Gardin
- Christèle Tual
- Rémi Gérard
- Olivier Pajot
- Moon Dailly
- Marie-Lorna Vaconsin
- Maïe Degove
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is I Am Not an Easy Man about?
- A chauvinistic man is forced to experience romance and social power from the opposite side of a gender-reversed world.
- What is I Am Not an Easy Man like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of I Am Not an Easy Man as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is I Am Not an Easy Man violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in I Am Not an Easy Man.
- What did critics think of I Am Not an Easy Man?
- Critics found the film uneven and conventional in execution but valued its provocative gender-role reversal and Marie-Sophie Ferdane’s striking performance.
- Which films are like I Am Not an Easy Man?
- Films with a similar feel include What Women Want, The Swap, and Barbie.
- How long is I Am Not an Easy Man?
- I Am Not an Easy Man runs 98 minutes.
- Where can I watch I Am Not an Easy Man?
- In United States, I Am Not an Easy Man streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
