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Mistress America

  • 2015
  • R
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
28K
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Mistress America (2015)
Tracy is a lonely college freshman in New York, having neither the exciting university experience nor the glamorous metropolitan lifestyle she envisioned. But when she is taken in by her soon-to-be stepsister, Brooke - a resident of Times Square and adventurous gal about town - she is rescued from her disappointment and seduced by Brooke's alluringly mad schemes.
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A lonely college freshman's life is turned upside-down by her impetuous, adventurous stepsister-to-be.A lonely college freshman's life is turned upside-down by her impetuous, adventurous stepsister-to-be.A lonely college freshman's life is turned upside-down by her impetuous, adventurous stepsister-to-be.

  • Director
    • Noah Baumbach
  • Writers
    • Noah Baumbach
    • Greta Gerwig
  • Stars
    • Greta Gerwig
    • Lola Kirke
    • Shana Dowdeswell
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    28K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Noah Baumbach
    • Writers
      • Noah Baumbach
      • Greta Gerwig
    • Stars
      • Greta Gerwig
      • Lola Kirke
      • Shana Dowdeswell
    • 74User reviews
    • 216Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 14 nominations

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    Welcome To The Great White Way
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    Noah Baumbach and Wes Anderson in Mistress America (2015)
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    Noah Baumbach in Mistress America (2015)
    Noah Baumbach and Wes Anderson in Mistress America (2015)
    Noah Baumbach in Mistress America (2015)
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    Noah Baumbach and Wes Anderson in Mistress America (2015)
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    Greta Gerwig
    Greta Gerwig
    • Brooke
    Lola Kirke
    Lola Kirke
    • Tracy
    Shana Dowdeswell
    Shana Dowdeswell
    • Ruth
    Shelby Rebecca Wong
    • Laura
    Alfred Macadam
    • Professor #1
    Amy Warren
    Amy Warren
    • Counselor
    Sharon Washington
    Sharon Washington
    • Professor #2
    Morgan Lynch
    • Student
    Andrea McKinnon
    Andrea McKinnon
    • Hallway Girl
    • (as Andrea Chen)
    Shoba Narayan
    Shoba Narayan
    • Hallway Girl
    • (as Shoba Narayanan)
    Kathryn Erbe
    Kathryn Erbe
    • Tracy's Mom
    Jasmine Cephas Jones
    Jasmine Cephas Jones
    • Nicolette
    Matthew Shear
    Matthew Shear
    • Tony
    Colin Stokes
    • Mobius Guy
    Juliet Brett
    Juliet Brett
    • Tiny Girl
    Gretchen Young
    • Work Study Woman
    David Longstreth
    • The Band
    Amber Coffman
    • The Band
    • Director
      • Noah Baumbach
    • Writers
      • Noah Baumbach
      • Greta Gerwig
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Noah Baumbach said that While We're Young (2014) & Mistress America (2015) are 'sort of siblings'.
    • Goofs
      When Brooke's former high school classmate Anna Wheeler approaches Brooke and Tracy in the bar, Anna mentions that she and her husband have recently seen the play Other Desert Cities, which began previews at the Booth Theatre on October 12, 2011 and closed on June 17, 2012. If the film occurs during Tracy's first semester of college and culminates with Thanksgiving dinner with Brooke at Veselka, then the film would occur in fall 2011. However, when the would-be stepsisters walk through Times Square, a marquee for the revival of Annie is visible. The most recent Broadway revival ran at the Palace Theatre from October 3, 2012 (first preview) to January 5, 2014.
    • Quotes

      Brooke: I think I'm sick, and I don't know if my ailment has a name. It's just me sitting and staring at the internet or the television for long periods of time, interspersed by trying to not do that and then lying about what I've been doing. And then I'll get so excited about something that the excitement overwhelms me and I can't sleep or do anything and I just am in love with everything but can't figure out how to make myself work in the world.

      Tracy: I think I have that too.

    • Connections
      Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Anderson Cooper/Greta Gerwig/Tig Notaro (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Souvenir
      Written by Martin Cooper and Paul Humphreys

      Performed by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

      Courtesy of Virgin Records Ltd.

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews74

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    4/10
    Mediocre and forgettable coming of age drama
    Tracy is a freshman student with no friends and a superiority complex (do we have a correlation here?), who's disillusioned that her lack of popularity isn't suddenly transformed when she moves to New York and starts college. It obviously didn't occur to her that wherever she goes she'll still be herself. It is also a rude awakening for her to find that once at college her assumed genius does not set her above those around her now she's in a more competitive peer group - in short she's not only dull but decidedly average as well.

    Feeling particularly low she latches on to her "older" step sister to be Lola, a Bohemian human twitter feed who sprouts a constant diatribe about anything and everything, has no discernible talent, who seems to think her "popularity" will somehow equate to success, and yet somehow has made it to 30 without having to face the reality that it won't.

    Of course Tracy recognises that Lola is a long overdue car crash waiting to happen but cynically hops on for the ride as a source of material for her writing. So both physically and metaphorically they set off on a journey that allows Lola to realise her short-comings forces for Tracy's to hold up a mirror to her own life, though neither seem to do much with this new found self-knowledge.

    Because college students in films are invariable played by actresses and actors in their mid-20's the actual age gap between the "sisters" is somewhat less than it's supposed to be so the pair look more like contemporaries than big and little sister which gives an air of unbelievably to their relationship. Not a lot happens in the film, there's no great character arcs, both the characters and dialogue are unbelievable - it comes across as a pseudo-sophisticated Woody Allen stage play that's inexplicably been put on the big screen. It's not terrible, there are some laughs, but like Tracy it comes across as both mediocre and ultimately forgettable. At least at less than 90 minutes it's short enough not to overstay it's welcome. Perhaps it will say more to Americans or more specifically New Yorkers, given the importance of the location to the narrative.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 4, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Phụ Nữ Kiểu Mỹ
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Searchlight Pictures
      • RT Features
      • TSG Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,500,431
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $93,206
      • Aug 16, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,340,737
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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