Ginger and Rosa
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Meh. Not terribly exciting (nothing happened for the most part of the film until everything exploded at the end) but it did provoke discussion and Elle Fanning was outstanding. 6/10
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God what a snore fest 3/10
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Yeah. Boring and depressing.
5/10
Good thing is I have the claim for the best seats down to a fine art now.
5/10
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hdaniel82 wrote:God what a snore fest 3/10
Weli, what can I say . . . I thought this was more like a Times film than a Sky film.
The basic story should have produced a better film. Acting was generally ok but I didn't feel great empathy with the characters. I'm glad the film was only 90 mins long. Any longer and I might have given up the will to live . . . wishing, at least in the film, that the Cuban missiles had been fired!
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such a boring film, hardly anything happened, what a waste of a film
2/10
2/10
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Snowwhite wrote:such a boring film, hardly anything happened, what a waste of a film
2/10
Agreed a total waste of time, utterly pointless.
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Saw this at the 02 Greenwich. It was half full.
A coming of age ‘kitchen drama’ set in England in the early 1960s against the background of the Cuban missile crisis and amongst the bohemian set where the Cold War meets the sexual revolution.
The plot centres on the relationship between two teenagers girls, Ginger (Elle Fanning, who turned in an excellent performance in “Super 8”) and Rosa (Alice Englert, daughter of Oscar-winning director Jane Campion). They are ‘two peas in the pod’ friends from birth – their mothers met on the maternity ward – finding their way in the world discussing religion, politics and hairstyles, experimenting with religion, boys and alcohol and dreaming of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity.
Ginger’s mother (Christine Hendricks from “Mad Men”) is in a fragile mental state, realising she is losing Ginger’s father, Roland, an academic and pacifist. He spent time in prison during the War as a conscientious objector and believes that the “sacrifice” he has made in making that stand for (what he calls) freedom gives him the right to do what he likes. He calls for free love while mistreating his wife, and professes responsibility for the world’s future when he feels so little for his family.
Meanwhile Ginger is falling into her own despair, wrapped up teenage angst that she believes that the world is coming to end, campaigning for CND, as the world fears incineration by the Cuban missiles. She is drawn to her father, away from her Mother, and the ‘idealism’ he represents or is she?
The Adults around Ginger, her Godfather (Timothy Spall), his partner (Oliver Platt) and American friend (Annette Bening), Ginger’s mother and the audience are left to wonder if Ginger's passionate idealism is teenage emotional pain or something that deserves deeper respect.
But then an act of betrayal tears the two girls apart, casting a dark shadow over the film which hasn’t exactly been light up to that point.
The film’s success hinges on the two central characters and the trouble is I just couldn’t believe in them. It all seemed a bit contrived. But it would seem that others disagree with talk of Oscars. I can’t see it myself. Besides a lot of movies at this time of year get the Oscar tip. This not a teen drama, it is a serious film. But I do wonder whether this would have worked better as a stage play and with a little more care on the characterisation of the two leads.
A coming of age ‘kitchen drama’ set in England in the early 1960s against the background of the Cuban missile crisis and amongst the bohemian set where the Cold War meets the sexual revolution.
The plot centres on the relationship between two teenagers girls, Ginger (Elle Fanning, who turned in an excellent performance in “Super 8”) and Rosa (Alice Englert, daughter of Oscar-winning director Jane Campion). They are ‘two peas in the pod’ friends from birth – their mothers met on the maternity ward – finding their way in the world discussing religion, politics and hairstyles, experimenting with religion, boys and alcohol and dreaming of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity.
Ginger’s mother (Christine Hendricks from “Mad Men”) is in a fragile mental state, realising she is losing Ginger’s father, Roland, an academic and pacifist. He spent time in prison during the War as a conscientious objector and believes that the “sacrifice” he has made in making that stand for (what he calls) freedom gives him the right to do what he likes. He calls for free love while mistreating his wife, and professes responsibility for the world’s future when he feels so little for his family.
Meanwhile Ginger is falling into her own despair, wrapped up teenage angst that she believes that the world is coming to end, campaigning for CND, as the world fears incineration by the Cuban missiles. She is drawn to her father, away from her Mother, and the ‘idealism’ he represents or is she?
The Adults around Ginger, her Godfather (Timothy Spall), his partner (Oliver Platt) and American friend (Annette Bening), Ginger’s mother and the audience are left to wonder if Ginger's passionate idealism is teenage emotional pain or something that deserves deeper respect.
But then an act of betrayal tears the two girls apart, casting a dark shadow over the film which hasn’t exactly been light up to that point.
The film’s success hinges on the two central characters and the trouble is I just couldn’t believe in them. It all seemed a bit contrived. But it would seem that others disagree with talk of Oscars. I can’t see it myself. Besides a lot of movies at this time of year get the Oscar tip. This not a teen drama, it is a serious film. But I do wonder whether this would have worked better as a stage play and with a little more care on the characterisation of the two leads.
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Directed by Sally Potter
Starring: Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks and Annette Bening
Plot: London, 1962. Two teenage girls - Ginger and Rosa -- are inseparable; they play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, and the threat of nuclear holocaust escalates, the lifelong friendship of the two girls is shattered - by the clash of desire and the determination to survive.
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Directed by Sally Potter
Starring: Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks and Annette Bening
Plot: London, 1962. Two teenage girls - Ginger and Rosa -- are inseparable; they play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, and the threat of nuclear holocaust escalates, the lifelong friendship of the two girls is shattered - by the clash of desire and the determination to survive.
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