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Frances Ha (2012)
A dancer out of step with life
22 June 2014 - 1 out of 2 users found this review helpful.
I thought this was going to be frivolous and slight, but it was surprisingly acute and sad. Frances' best friend outgrows her, and everyone else in her life is moving on and growing up while she seems to be stuck in perpetual immaturity. In the end she appears to accept reality...or has she been crushed by it? In this respect it reminded me of the French film The Dream Life of Angels. If all that makes it sound too heavy going, let me reassure you that this is a film full of charm and humour, much of it springing from the performance of Greta Gerwig, who I think is in every shot. In this respect it can be seen as a love letter from the director to his partner and star, but one where Cupid's arrows are uncomfortably barbed.
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