Movie: 11/11/11

 

Production Year: 2011

 

Tubi Provided Summary: Jack and Melissa are frightened by their son’s bizarre and violent behavior; they soon learn that he is the gateway to the Apocalypse, and it will happen on his birthday, 11-11-11.

 

Film Can Be Accessed At: https://tubitv.com/movies/367621/11-11-11?start=true

 

Does This Movie Pass The Bechdel Test: No

 

Character Analysis:

  • Jack: Intelligent, strong leader, dominant, caring father, loving husband, protective of his family, mix of masculine and feminine characteristics
  • Melissa: Loving mother and wife, caretaker, feminine
  • Nathan “Nat”: Child, sweet, curious, mix of masculine and feminine characteristics
  • Janice: Bubbly, overly nice, feminine
  • Annie: Crazy old lady, pushy, feminine
  • Chris: No character development, masculine
  • Sarah: No character development, feminine
  • Brian: No character development, masculine
  • Sofie: Cryptic, cruel, quiet, masculine
  • Rhanda: Sweet, caretaker, feminine
  • Mick: No character development aside from a possible invisible/mental disability
  • Marie: No character development, feminine
  • Miranda: Sweet, receptionist role, feminine
  • Michael: Cryptic, quiet, masculine
  • Denise: Cold, calculating, feminine

Death Analysis

  • Chris: First to die, moderate death scene, falls and impaled on a fence, killed by unknown man
  • Rhanda: Second to die, extended death scene, beaten to death, killed by Denise
  • Mick: Third to die, moderate death scene, neck severed with a shovel, killed by unknown man
  • Miranda: Fourth to die, moderate death scene, throat sliced with a shard of glass, killed by Nathan
  • Annie: Fifth to die, quick death scene, neck impaled by machete, killed by Jack
  • Sofie: Sixth to die, quick death scene, fell out an open window, killed on accident
  • Melissa: Seventh to die, extended death scene, electrocuted to death in a bath, killed by Nathan
  • Nathan: Eighth to die, moderate death scene, impaled with a machete, killed by Jack

 

Survival Analysis

  • Jack: Arrested and traumatized

 

Final Statistics:

Character Sex Ratio: 9 Females: 6 Males

Character Survivor Ratio: 0 Females: 1 Male (not including ambiguous characters)

Character Death Ratio: 55.5% of Females to 50% of Males (not including ambiguous characters)

 

Final Takeaways: 

11/11/11 was doomed from the beginning. The film is a spoof of a few other films, such as The Omen, and thus, was not expected to perform well. As predicted, 11/11/11 fell short on many fronts. Most characters were flat with little to no personality outside their specific roles, deaths fell short on the gore front, and the plot in its entirety was flat and overdone. There was little to like about this film.

Outside of its lack of appreciation, 11/11/11 can also be disliked for its tired representation of women in the film. Many of the most violent endings, for both women characters that die or are left ambiguous, were far more gruesome for those women than the men in the film. A larger percentage of female characters are killed as well. In conclusion, as 11/11/11 fails the Bechdel Test and when analyzed through the Sex Role perspective, 11/11/11 makes for a watch that falls short where it matters. 

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