The rub in evaluating a film about sexism, abortion, poverty, or any serious personal (yet universal) subject is that a verdict of “poor” or “cheesy” runs the risk of carrying a barbed attack at those who find value in said film. It’s a factor in reviewing rape-revenge films such as “Promising Young Woman,” where a male-written review calling such a story “sick” raises hackles in sexual assault survivors who find catharsis in that (fictional) extra-judicial retribution. Such is the peril in reflecting upon “Women Is Losers,” Lissette Feliciano’s feature debut “inspired by real women” that follows Celina Guerrera (Lorenza Izzo), a promising young Catholic schoolgirl who weathers the slings and arrows that life brings down upon her from romance to pregnancy to struggle and ultimately, survival. Abortion and the purview over women’s bodies is a muddled subject, but Feliciano is up for the daunting task of discerning between poor choices and the inability to make educated ones.

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