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"In a world where women have become asexual and are no longer giving birth to males, a quiet, unassuming housekeeper named Andrew Myers (Patrick Gilmore) finds himself at the center of a battle to keep men from going extinct."


"No Men Beyond This Point (2015)" - OFFICIAL TRAILER



... Excerpts from NO MEN BEYOND THIS POINT:


It is 1953 when governments start noticing an influx of “virgin conceptions” where a woman does not need to have intercourse to reproduce. It is to the outrage of religious institutions and governments that so many women — including a nun! — are making these “blasphemous” claims. The claims are dismissed as women being hysterical and feeding off each other’s supposed lies. Life goes on and the world continues to be run by men.

Eventually, in the 1960s, it becomes clear there’s a real problem as not only are women conceiving children without intercourse, but almost all the babies are female. The men are, understandably frightened, as women collectively stop cooking, preparing the house, and showing up for secretarial and waitress jobs. An old news snippet shows that a corporate man forlornly states that he had to go retrieve his own coffee and wait for 20 minutes since no women were working. The male-run governments continue to be dismissive while believing that this will all blow over.

Eventually, women begin to take positions of political power, within the congress, and eventually seats on the World Governing Council, because it “should be representative of the fact that now over 60% of the population is female.” Naturally, the first female president comes to be well before the turn of the 21st century. Snickers resounded around the theatre.


The mockumentary primarily follows the testimony of a 37-year-old male, Andrew Myers, who is the youngest man in existence. He works for Iris and Terra who are partners and mothers to 4 young girls. He ponders his existence and wonders if other men feel resentful of him for being the last male born. Men, now old and significantly reduced in population, have mostly been relocated to secluded spots where they are fed and provided with activities to live out the rest of their days. Men who wish to continue being a part of society are like Andrew, living with families (composed of solely women) and helping out with housework. Andrew ends up becoming “intimate” with one of his employers (intimacy is frowned upon) and struggles with being sent to live in isolation with elderly and listless men who have come to accept that their gender is dying off.


In this alternate reality, the women in power have decided to adopt the monotonous mantra “Praise Nature,” which seems to have replaced religion, since God is, well, male. The largely female society is anti-sexuality, meaning that all women have basically become asexual and often do not opt for passion or romance in a partner. Society also does not encourage “crookedness” which is the equivalent of heterosexuality in our world. Men’s sperm can no longer permeate the supposed hardened shell of a woman’s ovum, another scientific feat thanks to “nature.” After all, the women argue, who are they to defy nature and evolution?



... Excerpts from MOVIES: "NO MEN BEYOND THIS POINT":


It must be noted that Andrew is one of very few younger men, and also one of the few men (with a worker's permit) who is not in, well, captivity. Yes. There is a "man sanctuary" that is basically a lodge with good food, medical care, a golf course and other guy amenities. The women may have lost their taste for men, but it's not reciprocal, so, once in a while, a man will make a break for it, hungering for female companionship. Running through the woods to female civilization, he will encounter signs "No Men Beyond This Point." Why are the men being kept apart? The governing council of women (there are no more wars or separate countries: women made the whole world one big, happy family) decided that it was best to hasten evolution and corral the stragglers. In fact, Andrew is lucky to still be out and about and must play his cards carefully.


What's on display here is foible-ridden human nature that we're all too familiar with. Some film reviewers questioned (very seriously) in a podcast whether the premise would have worked better in the dystopian sci-fi genre. Balderdash! It's hilarious. I will only mention two tee-hees here:

--One Australian "manosaurus" complains that the women have even taken their God away and replaced it with a "sheila," that is, Mother Nature ("praise Nature").

--The men in the sanctuary go on a hunger strike, but...they get hungry.

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