SHIFTER’s Chris Harrison says that while not groundbreaking, Jonathan Schey’s latest is “wild and fun” in his Everybody Wants to Fuck Me review.
“While the film [Everybody Wants to Fuck Me may not necessarily be groundbreaking, it’s a fun takedown of a quietly nefarious type of toxic male.” – Chris Harrison Everybody Wants to Fuck Me turns heads immediately with its, let’s say, colorful title, and the movie itself is no less wild and fun.
The premise begins simply enough. Adam (Taron Egerton) is the king of the performative males–a man in the art world who’s engineered every aspect of his life, from consistently being seen in public reading feminist literature to his carefully crafted conversations on dating apps, to be maximally attracted to women. Adam is peacocking for women with his meticulously selected accessories (he even named his dog after a member of HAIM), all while starving for approval from an even sleazier artist who’s sleeping around behind his girlfriend’s back.
He’s the dreaded “nice guy” who presents himself as an alternative to cavemen and frat bros. He sees them as prey to be pursued and discarded just the same, bouncing from hookup to hookup, forever claiming h...