Thursday, April 18, 2013

Damsels In Distress - 2011 - 3½ Stars

Actors:  Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody
Director:  Whit Stillman

Whit Stillman's films often feel too trifling to be movies, and this one is certainly no different - while there's an air of sadness to this film, it's whimsical sadness.  Everything is intentionally rendered as being both massively important and incredibly not-important, with our main character being analytical in an eccentric way.  The film never really comes together and how the plot resolves I can't even remember, but I don't really care - I enjoy Whit Stillman films a lot.  Even though he's 60 years old, here he somehow evokes the anxieties and pleasures of college-bound youth, while getting some fantastic shots.

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