Karen is a dark criminal dramedy thriller film released in the United States in 2021. Coke Daniels’ “Karen,” a genuine jaw-dropper on numerous levels, is a misbegotten thriller about a woman named Karen who is, in fact, a Karen, as characterized culturally by her entitlement and bigotry. The fact that she is played by Taryn Manning, an actress who has faced allegations of Karen-ism in real life, adds to the uncomfortably literal vibe. But maybe we should simply let the movie’s dialogue speak for itself.

There is one good joke in “Karen,” a mediocre bit of schlock that attempts to profit on the trendy phrase for aggressive, racist, self-victimizing white women. It’s a sentence about Imani (Jasmine Burke) and Malik (Cory Hardrict), a young Black couple who have moved to a suburban neighborhood and have a Karen neighbor named Karen. “So Karen IS a Karen?” wonders one of Malik’s perplexed pals, who was earlier ejected from a restaurant because THIS Karen complained about him laughing with another friend. Therefore, Continue reading this blog to the end for more information about this film.

Review Of Karen

Beginning with a scene of a chalk-drawn Black Lives Matter sign being wiped away by its eponymous busybody and gradually becoming less subtle, “Karen” lives up — or down — to the expectations set by its iconic trailer, which went viral for all the wrong reasons earlier this summer. From the title (which has recently become a derogatory phrase for entitled white women) to practically every narrative beat, writer-director Coke Daniels’ satirical thriller offers little in the way of sharp social commentary or thrills.

“She seems nice,” Imani (Jasmine Burke) remarks to her husband Malik (Cory Hardrict) after seeing their new neighbor for the first time. Karen (Taryn Manning) subsequently installs a new security camera pointing straight at their home and half-jokingly accuses Malik of casing her property.

And, in effect, that is the only card this film has up its sleeve: an over-the-top incarnation of a caricature steeped in social injustice, which Daniels portrays in a semi-comic but never particularly humorous fashion (except, on occasion, unintentionally so). Instead, “Karen” is a parade of clichés that increase in intensity but not in tension. Karen proves herself to be an unredeemable racist from the start, so there’s never any depth to her character or even the least hint that Imani and Malik are projecting. Pamela Manning and Imani Hardrict star as Jasmine and Malik, respectively. Manning is too constrained by the material to even get meme fodder out of the role. Burke and Hardrict fare better, if only just as well; she makes her character more authentic than anyone else.

Still, it’s difficult to imagine anyone transcending such on-the-nose material. The dialogue between Karen and others at her new neighbors’ housewarming party is particularly offensive.

Trailer of Karen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LRE6XbY39A

The release date, timing, and other facts of Movie

  • Release Date (Streaming): September 3, 2021 (United States)
  • Genres: Drama | Thriller | Crime
  • Directed by: Coke Daniels
  • Produced by: Mary Aloe, Autumn Bailey, Craig Chapman, Sevier Crespo, Coke Daniels, Dolapo Erinkitola, Cory Hardrict, Gillian Hormel, Taryn Manning, Tirrell D. Whittley
  • Written by: Coke Daniels
  • Original Language: English
  • Streaming: Netflix
  • IMDb Ratings: 2.8/10

The Main Cast

Here is the rundown of the main cast in the Karen movie.

  • Taryn Manning as Karen Drexler
  • Cory Hardrict as Malik
  • Jasmine Burke as Imani
  • Brandon Sklenar as Officer Hill
  • Gregory Alan Williams as Charles Wright
  • Veronika Bozeman as Fatima
  • Dawn Halfkenny as Chanel McFadden

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Conclusion

You’ve been hearing about the film Karen for a Long Time. However, you’ve seen the trailer, read the reviews, digested the plot, and are ready to watch the film on Netflix. “Karen” fails as a thriller since there isn’t a single twist or unexpected moment. Given that it delivers its arguments — that Black lives matter and that Karens and some cops are racist — with the nuance of a meme, it fails as a cultural critique. And because the excellent Burke is passionate enough to make us wish she had better material to work with, it even fails as exploitation cinema. As a result, please let me know in the comments section how much you enjoyed the review.

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Last Update: September 8, 2021

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