She's a relatively normal teenager, but acts and speaks like a mature woman, but as a grown-up she transforms into a white-trash, guidette, Jersey Shore kind of woman - she has a different accent, she speaks and acts totally different, it doesn't make much sense...
shareThe Natalie Portman character wasn't a good one. On top of that, Natalie's daughter is portrayed by the same actress - the younger Celeste!
shareThat confused the hell out of me. I kept thinking, is the girl in her head? Alas, no. They just cast the same girl for 2 parts a generation apart. Odd decision.
Was really looking forward to seeing this, as my tolerance for enjoying artsy films is pretty high. But wow. Just so many things wrong here.
The “same actress” problem. The older Celeste that sounds nothing like younger Celeste. The fact that you never really dive too far into the character, even though you watch her break down (the choice of pop music is at least a good one for that). The ending concert that just drags on and on and on, instead of learning anything about the character.
Thank god I watched at home, so I could fast forward towards the end. Awful. How you manage to create a movie about a school shooting survivor, yet not develop the character sufficiently to draw sympathy from the audience is really an accomplishment.