With having greatly enjoyed seeing Greta Gerwig reveal herself as "the queen of Mumblecore" in the delightful movie Lola Vs,I was thrilled to recently receive another Gerwig Mumblecore title from a very kind friend,which led to me excitingly getting ready to see Gerwig become a "damsel" in distress.
The plot:
Being the only new person to enrol in the college during its mid semester,new student Lily finds herself alone and without any friends at all.Deciding to try and become an accepted member of one of the many "sub-groups" that are based around the college campus,Lily soon notices a self-important looking,all-girl group based on the campus,who claim to be a gang that is attempting to help other students from suffering feelings of suicide or depression,by showing them all how they can each express their true feelings,by dancing.
Getting granted entry into the group by leading member Violet,Lily soon finds her original image of the gang being a bunch of idiots to slowly disappear,as Violet and the rest of the group reveal their native,but well meaning ideas to improve moral on the campus.
View on the film:
Whilst the decision to set the movie in the middle of the college period,does lead to the character's in writer/director Whit Stillman's screenplay to not feel as fully formed as they could have been,due to Stillman deciding to only share the bare minimal information about the character's background lives,Stillman makes up for the lack of depth in the character's,by giving the college and its inhabitants an infectious,off-beat atmosphere.
Along with making the bouncing dialogue hilariously blunt and to the point,Stillman matches the strong dialogue by giving the movie a thick Black Comedy streak,which goes from the gang having to check that people are actually feeling suicidal,due to a donuts company telling the women that they are limited to giving free donuts only to those who are genuinely suicidal,to the main centre piece of the college being the most useless suicide bridge ever built,which is "Too low for anyone to kill themselves by jumping off",but is too high in stopping the students from not suffering from injured knees.
Expressing the character's feeling in a rather subtle manner,Stillman and cinematography Doug Emmett cleverly use a mix of very light yellow and extremely dark blue colours to show Violet and the gangs changing moods,that along with a terrific ensemble performance from the whole gang,which goes from a warm hearted Greata Gerwig to a wickedly sly Megalyn Echikunwoke,makes this group of damsels one that is defiantly worth distressing over.
The plot:
Being the only new person to enrol in the college during its mid semester,new student Lily finds herself alone and without any friends at all.Deciding to try and become an accepted member of one of the many "sub-groups" that are based around the college campus,Lily soon notices a self-important looking,all-girl group based on the campus,who claim to be a gang that is attempting to help other students from suffering feelings of suicide or depression,by showing them all how they can each express their true feelings,by dancing.
Getting granted entry into the group by leading member Violet,Lily soon finds her original image of the gang being a bunch of idiots to slowly disappear,as Violet and the rest of the group reveal their native,but well meaning ideas to improve moral on the campus.
View on the film:
Whilst the decision to set the movie in the middle of the college period,does lead to the character's in writer/director Whit Stillman's screenplay to not feel as fully formed as they could have been,due to Stillman deciding to only share the bare minimal information about the character's background lives,Stillman makes up for the lack of depth in the character's,by giving the college and its inhabitants an infectious,off-beat atmosphere.
Along with making the bouncing dialogue hilariously blunt and to the point,Stillman matches the strong dialogue by giving the movie a thick Black Comedy streak,which goes from the gang having to check that people are actually feeling suicidal,due to a donuts company telling the women that they are limited to giving free donuts only to those who are genuinely suicidal,to the main centre piece of the college being the most useless suicide bridge ever built,which is "Too low for anyone to kill themselves by jumping off",but is too high in stopping the students from not suffering from injured knees.
Expressing the character's feeling in a rather subtle manner,Stillman and cinematography Doug Emmett cleverly use a mix of very light yellow and extremely dark blue colours to show Violet and the gangs changing moods,that along with a terrific ensemble performance from the whole gang,which goes from a warm hearted Greata Gerwig to a wickedly sly Megalyn Echikunwoke,makes this group of damsels one that is defiantly worth distressing over.