Jesyca Gu and Elliot Stocking in Erin's Guide To Kissing Girls
A first crush is an overwhelming experience, and it sends a teenager’s life careering off course in Erin’s Guide To Kissing Girls. The title character, played by Elliot Stocking, is so fixated on Sydni (Rosali Annikie), the new girl at school and a child star to boot, that she starts to ignore her longstanding best friend and fellow comics nerd Liz (Jesyca Gu), taking her for granted in a way that will end up affecting them both far more severely than she realises. When I met the film’s director, Julianna Notten, I began our conversation by thanking her for creating the kind of film I wish had been available to me when I was that age.
“That's exactly it,” she says, smiling. ”I didn't even know that exploring my sexuality was an option for me when I was young.
A first crush is an overwhelming experience, and it sends a teenager’s life careering off course in Erin’s Guide To Kissing Girls. The title character, played by Elliot Stocking, is so fixated on Sydni (Rosali Annikie), the new girl at school and a child star to boot, that she starts to ignore her longstanding best friend and fellow comics nerd Liz (Jesyca Gu), taking her for granted in a way that will end up affecting them both far more severely than she realises. When I met the film’s director, Julianna Notten, I began our conversation by thanking her for creating the kind of film I wish had been available to me when I was that age.
“That's exactly it,” she says, smiling. ”I didn't even know that exploring my sexuality was an option for me when I was young.
- 2/3/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
There’s a great rush of excitement which accompanies a successful coming out as a teenager – joy at being accepted, relief at no longer having to second guess one’s every action, delight at the freedom with which one can now approach the people one desires. Actually approaching them, however, remains as awkward as it is for anyone else that age, and that awkwardness increases with the intensity of one’s feelings. What’s more, at a stage in life when one still has very little social freedom, friendships also involve strong feelings and require a lot of attention. When lacking in experience, it’s easy to get the balance wrong.
Having come out the summer before this film begins, 14-year-old Erin (Elliot Stocking) is the token queer kid at her middle school. This means putting up with homophobic jokes which are painful not so much because of the sentiment they reflect as because of.
Having come out the summer before this film begins, 14-year-old Erin (Elliot Stocking) is the token queer kid at her middle school. This means putting up with homophobic jokes which are painful not so much because of the sentiment they reflect as because of.
- 1/31/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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