In a world where parthenogenesis has rendered men an endangered group, Andrew (Patrick Gilmore), has unwanted notoriety from being the youngest man alive. A documentary crew interviews him, the family he works for as a caretaker, and various talking heads about what the societal shift means for men.
I have no idea what the larger point of this was. It is billed as a comedy and parts of it are funny but it just doesn't seem to know who its audience is. It makes sweeping generalizations about women including worldwide period synchronization, which is just fucking stupid, doesn't explain anything about the process of parthenogenesis --is it a choice? Is it random? What other options are there for women who don't want to be pregnant by any means?-- claims that the surviving men would be put in camps with their every whim catered to because they can't take care of themselves (implying that it's women's job to do), and even makes the incredibly bizarre claim that women would try to outlaw any sexuality because it's somehow a "gateway drug" to liking men?
Zero surprise that when I got to the end credits that it was written and directed by a dude. A dude who has apparently never met a lesbian or picked up even one book of erotica. Like I said, I have no idea what this was going for, but it comes off as a "Won't someone think of the Straights?!" propaganda. It's currently streaming on Kanopy with a library card, Tubi and the Roku Channel with ads. Not worth it.
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