Creative Nonfiction

When you see enough movies, you start to get bored of them, and especially of The Formula. Then you come across something like this and it's such a breath of fresh air. Such subtle and understated wit, such an immersive and palpable environment and characters. You feel everything the movie wants you to feel. Nobody but Lena Dunham could have made this.

I loved Creative Nonfiction, this is the type of film people should look at in terms of production cost. When you're starting out in film you have to do a lot with nothing, and that is exactly what Lena does. You can see the raw talent that Lena possesses with her acting and dialogue. I think what makes the film so effective is that, as the viewer, I felt like I was prying into Ella's life. It's almost like going through someone's phone and digging through all their inner-most personal conversations and pictures. The whole movie was like a diary, and I think people are interested in that. Whenever we overhear a conversation about girls talking about their sex lives, you sort of want to linger around and overhear, because it's interesting. Creative Nonfiction is just that, it's a personal diary of a college woman's life.

The objective, hand-held camera-work works great, still photography would have made the scenes monotonous, and it would have played out within the first 15 minutes. It's an impressive debut by the very young Lena Dunham.

I liked the fact that this movie didn't follow the age old clichéd ridden nonsense churned out by large financed independent producers, as well as high end Hollywood productions. With a major empathasis on real everyday looking people and not like a cattle call for a modeling gig with a bunch of boney butt, bubble headed blonde with too much make-up.

Also missing were the common cliches and typical stupid people doing stupid stuff causing the audience to face palm. And yes the camera work was shaky and cut off the tops of people's heads. But the rest was very entertaining from this young lady.