Plantiana
Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.
Protraph
Lack of good storyline.
Taha Avalos
The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
sexwizardmoustache
This is the most accurate depiction that I've seen of life in your twenties, trying to make it in a big city. Just failing miserably at life, jobs, apartments, share housing, money, friends, relationships, but finally getting there towards the end, even though it's not how you imagined. It is the antithesis of every romcom that perpetuates the illusion that everything is supposed to fall in your lap. It's funny that we tend to be preconditioned to think that way based on clichéd movies and then are bitterly disillusioned when faced with a much harsher reality. No, great apartments, jobs and relationships aren't easy to find or keep, friendships don't always work out the way you hoped and dreams aren't always realised the way you thought they would be. But then there's that triumphant moment, when all that is behind you, and you've finally found yourself and your place in the world. And I think that moment is beautifully encapsulated in the final scene when Frances is smiling to herself in her own apartment and gets to put her name on her very own mailbox. I can definitely relate and still remember the feeling of finding my first apartment in the city, and that glorious sense of independence and self sufficiency of finally knowing everything is going to be alright. This movie is so real, and is pretty much the most unpretentious and relatable "indie" flick I've ever seen. Loved this so much more than I expected and I would watch it again.
jfgibson73
This is the first movie I've seen with Greta Gerwin, who is apparently a thing. I didn't dislike this movie, but it is full of all the moments that make up your typical indie art film. If you usually find them pretentious, that's probably how you'll see Frances Ha. I guess the idea is that the movie is more of a series of moments than a linear narrative. I didn't feel that it had the typical storytelling arc for the character to follow. I also didn't understand what we were supposed to think about the many odd choices the main character makes. She lies needlessly, makes some impulsive decisions, fails to take risks on other occasions, and just generally doesn't seem to have any consistent motivation throughout. You could say that the point is that she is a case of arrested development and hasn't figured out how to be an adult at a time when things should be falling into place in her life, but it starts and ends with her in pretty much the same place and doesn't add up to anything other than 90 minutes of a mildly interesting look into this character's life. Not really enough to warrant a film, but anyone who usually enjoys Baumbach's films should be just as happy with this one.
Ivaylo Penchev
Human emotions, I have always loved that! Everything is so organic, so natural. Truly a "french new wave" movie. The thing that I miss the most was choreography on dancing, I wanted more, to get little bit familiar with the character personality. Every time when I think of the movie, I am smiling. So many short stories for example - one frame - going back from Paris, we see the plane's wing - so simple, so bright - you don't need nothing more.Sometimes we have to make compromises to achieve something, but no matter what we do, we always need our closest friends around us! Splendid acting, camera work and soundtrack! You are feeling like you are flying little above a water - that's the feeling that I felt while watching the movie. No wonder why is the critics choice!
Beto Ramona
This beautiful mumblecore is the typical story of growth and denial. The film tells Frances' story. An aspiring dancer in her late twenties, who looks for her path to maturity in the New York jungle.The film was shot in black/white, perhaps as an attempt to recreate La Nouvelle Vague, so we cannot talk about cromatism itself, but it actually has some nice planes, as the very first one, who irradiates the beauty of youth. However, the core and climax of the story can be traced on the quote said by Frances, having lunch with her new roommate and friends: "Sometimes it's good to do what you're supposed to do, when you're supposed to do it." This phrase is true. She was right, but she didn't understand it then. In most part of the movie she's trying to avoid that sentence. She cannot understand that she needs to take some responsibility, to start building her life brick by brick. She represents everything young adults are today. They want everything right now and with less effort. But they're in a boggy path too, they're fragile and still naive. They're crossing the street between childhood and maturity, as she did in one of those iconic planes in the film. And that's not a easy job, to be honest.In addition, the quote shows that she was struggling with herself, when she could just let things happen and 'go with the flow'. "I'm not a real person yet", she confessed. She was confused and a little sad because all of her friends and acquaintances were kind of fine, stable and, probably, with a well-known future, while she was fighting just to keep a stable place to live. This happen to all of us sometime. Not in the same way, but the same topic. There are moments when you feel that everyone is doing it better than you so you get a little mad with yourself. I think Baumbach was trying to show how things will be alright if you just do what you're supposed to do, when you have to, albeit, it's important to point out this is not always true. To finish, I'd say it's not about being conformist, but realistic. When she understood that, she was happy.Well done, Noah. A simple film with a simple story well developed, integrally. The photography is okay, the script is fine (nothing pretentious), and the acting is fresh and natural, kind of "no-totally-actors", but I enjoy it, somehow, so... 7,5/10.
