Frances Ha

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Steve O @olshewsky Aug 14 NYC gurlz be Vapid & Banal — all Art is Theft — Get a Job ! See more Vixo S @vixo_six Jul 5 Frances Ha is a warm, simple and deeply human film about growing up, accepting change and learning to let go of the version of life you imagined. Frances is not always easy to fully identify with, since her way of seeing the world can feel naive and messy, but that is also what makes the film honest. Greta Gerwig brings tenderness, awkwardness and sadness to a character who feels real without needing to be ideal. Noah Baumbach’s black and white direction gives the film the feeling of a memory forming while it is still happening. It is light, funny and melancholic, but also emotionally precise. What stays is not a grand lesson about adulthood, but the quiet understanding that growing up means losing certain comforts while still searching for a place of your own. See more Rosie D. @Rosieeeee Mar 13 Having lived through very similar situations, I felt every bit of Frances’s struggle. It’s hard being perpetually out of step with the world. She’s got that same messy, awkward charm as Fleabag, though I found the sudden shift to a happy ending a little hard to swallow after all that gloom, but maybe I’m just not ready for that much optimism yet. I wonder if I’ll feel more at peace with it, just like what Frances does, when I revisit this in a few years. See more Mickey B. @Mickerdoo Jan 29 Liked the black and white and the pacing. But Frances just felt so insufferable and socially unaware. Not pulling weight, stumbling around. See more Alan T @BleakPhilosopher Jan 11 I loved Greta Gerwig's performance and this is almost a one-woman show. While it's funny from time to time, the overall effect is sadness as Frances struggles to make her life work. I really identified with the character the first time I saw it, maybe 30 years ago, this time not so much but a really enjoyable film that seems very timely today. See more Soleil C. @bysoleilceline Dec 3 Perfectly incapsulates the mess of your late twenties, raw and imperfect and awkward and beautiful. And such an honest portrayal of friendship
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