>>213618456
This is a hyper specific character study that most people simply aren't going to be familiar with. Fundamentally the character is a depiction of loneliness, not anxiety or depression. Long-term loneliness particularly in early, formulative years and the resulting personality that forms. It's textbook and Daisy is so good at playing the female version of this that it's actually bizarre.
It's hard to explain this type of person simply because they're made up of contradiction. Fran feels comfort being alone, but feels empty because of it. She yearns for a real connection with someone, but will push them away before it can occur. She wants praise. She wants to be noticed. Yet she will actively avoid social opportunities that she is not in full control of. She may have come across like a confident person to you but it's exactly the opposite. She's extremely insecure and hates herself. That's actually her main character trait. Go and watch the scene on the couch again where after sharing his experience with relationships, he asks her if she's ever been in love. Do her responses sound like a confident person who has no problem with how they view themselves? ("It's not that interesting. It's not... I-I'm not")
When she says the awful line that you seem to think is an example of confidence "you are exhausting no wonder you can't stay married." Nevermind that the scene hard cuts to her sobbing at home, which is evidence enough that you have an odd interpretation, she then lays down on the floor and sleeps there. She doesn't even feel worthy of sleeping on her own bed.
Calling it a femcel movie is probably the most accurate term but it's insulting, it cheapens it. Fran is a real person. It is a great film, you're right about that. It just sounds like you've never known this type of person before
