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Way too self important. Fish Tank was better

posted 10 years ago by anqier99
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Christ, Americans need to let up with the posturing. This film does not "speak for" teenage girls. They do not "need" to get a fake ID to watch it. It is a just another piece of Hollywood, nothing more, nothing less.
At least with Fish Tank the film was actually centred on the girl, rather than so much on the dreary boyfriend of the mother. I was bored of that guy after 5 minutes. Yet he was there, right up to the time momma got a new boyfriend. We never even saw if the girl finished high school, and her relationships with classmates were just left hanging. The film really didn't have as much to say as it thought it did.

[–] megaknocker 10 years ago

This subject matter is crap.

[–] nbdnbdnbd 10 years ago

Well, this story actually happened. The book by Phoebe Gloeckner is semi-autobiographical.

[–] Benedict_Cumberbatch 10 years ago

I agree that "Fish Tank" was fantastic and a better film overall, but "The Diary of a Teenage Girl" was better than average, IMO. Although the storylines are similar, it's set in a different place and time period, and Bel Powley's breakthrough performance elevates the material. Both films are two of the most frank accounts of female teenage sexuality in recent memory.

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[–] HaloFett 10 years ago

Self important coming of age stories about girls is what Sundance (and critics) seem to love. Alas, this director is no Andrea Arnold.

[–] wearyourlove 10 years ago

And you certainly do not "speak for" the film, which never claims to "speak for teenage girls."