Netflix’s A Family Affair tries to reject old stories of sexual women being ‘bad mothers’. Too bad it’s a terrible film
- Written by: Rachel Williamson, Senior Tutor in English, University of Canterbury
NetflixA Family Affair is Netflix’s latest entry in the recently resuscitated rom-com genre. The streaming giant’s film execs have described the revival as a tactical decision to plug – and capitalise on – an identified gap in the market.
This began with a young audience in mind, with films such as To All the Boys...