If you're wondering if you want to listen to Lindy West describe movies to you for 7 hours, the answer is probably yes. It's only a no if you're triggered by feminist millennial snark.

The book opens with West describing the best movie of all time, The Fugitive. Every film thereafter is rated in comparison to The Fugitive. This love for The Fugitive despite its lack of women characters and all its other faults. We love what we love, I guess.

The title Shit, Actually, in case you missed it, is a reference to Love, Actually, which West hates, for fine reasons. Other moves she describes include Forrest Gump, The Lion King, Harry Potter, Face/Off (which made me want to go on a Nicolas Cage bender), Twilight, and others. The book came out in October 2020, which makes for many inserted references to Trump's handling of Covid-19. The book is full of outrage you laugh at. White feminism or an effective form of political satire? Can it be both?