Tough Guy Babysits…Again: Playing with Fire
'Playing with Fire' was clearly a film made for a kid or tween-ish audience. Keeping that in mind, I thought 'Playing with Fire' was alright, though it did portray some harmful stereotypes.

To dance, to coexist, to fly? This and more is combined in each of the human beings who share the movement to the rhythm of the reed and the wind. Whether they do it for the community, their deities, for them- selves, or for the earth itself, they overflow in the experience of the spirit from the body. The intense rituals to parsimony are transferred from the regions of Puebla to the inhabitants of the world.
'Playing with Fire' was clearly a film made for a kid or tween-ish audience. Keeping that in mind, I thought 'Playing with Fire' was alright, though it did portray some harmful stereotypes.
The Suicide Squad's Polka-Dot Man aka Abner Krill, played by David Dastmalchian, helped me come to terms with my own issues of anxiety.
The differences in these films could not be more blatant, and yet Gus Van Sant has found a way to portray the same messages and use the same techniques in each.
A world of expansion awaits.
Pressure is an unambiguously great movie, lead by convincing performances, a well-crafted script, good direction, and at least some social awareness.
The concept of male fragility is explored (interestingly, by a male director) in The Sun Never Sets