In Better Days, director Derek Tsang situates [the theme of loss of innocence] within the context of school bullying, at once telling the story of a young girl’s journey to adulthood and critiquing the broader societal factors that make her path particularly painful.

Ultimately, the film promotes a feminist story through the eyes of both a male protagonist and a male filmmaker in writer/director Noah Baumbach; rather than using it for its typical voyeuristic form, Marriage Story uses the male gaze in order to attack the world view it represents.