The Masculine Mystique is a Canadian docufiction film directed by Giles Walker and John N. Smith and released in 1984.
[1] The film centres on Alex (Sam Grana), Blue (Stefan Wodoslawsky), Mort (Mort Ransen) and Ashley (Ashley Murray), four men whose perspectives on the changing nature of men's sexual and romantic relationships with women in the wake of feminism are explored through both documentary "interviews" and narrative vignettes.
Alex is a married father who is having an extramarital affair; Ashley is a single parent, recently separated from his wife but not ready to commit to a new relationship; Mort is a divorced man who is seeking a new relationship; Blue is a single man seeking the "perfect woman".
[5] 90 Days was the most commercially and critically successful of the three films, garnering several nominations at the 1986 Genie Awards.
The Masculine Mystique won a Red Ribbon at the 1985 American Film and Video Festival.