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Poland has been living under right wing Catholic government for last 8 years. There even some towns in rural areas that proudly claim the status of gay free places. This kind of repression never works in the long run and it's starting to show. There are less than half Catholic priests ordained these days then even a decade ago. This quirky, imperfect flick brings a fresh view at the digital generation that seeks information and guidance from social media. Stodgy, dour, ultra conservative officials are losing their malignant influence and there isn't much they can do about it. Quick paced, original movie for the new era.

Children trafficking and abuse are horrors of human depravity. They rightly belong to the darkest recesses of evildoing. Movies usually deftly avoid this topic, unless it goes to the tired premise of a revenge movie that serves no other purpose than to give us an empty satisfaction that justice somehow prevails. And yet, does it really? "I am all girls", gritty and unflinching South African movie avoids the familiar albeit trite path. The protagonist, detective tethering on the brink of exhaustion, is too real and wounded to become an action movie ass-kicker. Her successes are few and far in between and the shocking fact that only 1% of victims are found and saved in the end, makes her obsession overshadowed with destructive doom. Will she be the next victim that this monster devours?

One would assume that people make a movie with the expectation of reaching the stars. More often than not it doesn't happen, but at least there was a good will. This unfortunate mistake of a movie leaves this viewer flabbergasted. How could anybody with even tenuous relationship with reality expect this mess to work. It might've been scary, but it isn't at all, it could've been a parody but it's only unintentionally funny, it isn't thrilling or creative nor smart nor fresh. So, why bother with this cheaply made, trite concoction? Perhaps because the streaming beast needs endless supply of new product, and quality be damned.