Traditional movies feature men who are strong, powerful, intelligent, resourceful, women just being passive roles to facilitate the characterization of active men roles, even if the male characters are characterized as villains. The purpose of the arrangement of female characters in movies is to drive the narrative of the plot, to position female characters as the object of gaze so as to provide sexual pleasure for male spectators. This traditional characterization of females in movies is the representation of the orthodox patriarchy, intentionally or unintentionally. Whereas, analyzing from the perspective of male gaze, the movie, Taxi, completely overturns and mocks the orthodox patriarchy. The key character in the movie is Belle, a skillful female taxi driver, played by Queen Latifah. The male character, Andy Washburn, is characterized as being awkward, unmanly and uncollected, in need of help from Belle. This essay analyzes the characterization of the key characters in the movie to illustrate how it overturns and mocks the orthodox patriarchy. Traditional movies feature men who are strong, powerful, intelligent, resourceful, women just being passive roles to facilitate the characterization of active men roles, even if the male characters are characterized as villains. The purpose of the arrangement of female characters in movies is to drive the narrative of the plot, to position female characters as the object of gaze so as to provide sexual pleasure for male spectators. This traditional characterization of females in movies is the representation of the orthodox patriarchy, intentionally or unintentionally. Whereas, analyzing from the perspective of male gaze, the movie, Taxi, completely overturns and mocks the orthodox patriarchy. The key character in the movie is Belle, a skillful female taxi driver, played by Queen Latifah. The male character, Andy Washburn, is characterized as being awkward , unmanly and uncollected, in need of help from Belle. This essay analyzes the characterization of the key characters in the movie to illustrate how it overturns and mocks the orthodox patriarchy.