Lady-Like

Who paid people to act and produce this? I'd be embarrassed to be connected to Lady Like

Don't get me wrong, I love our first world, but seriously the writers couldn't show at least one of them with some kind of employment to help get them through school? Zero substance here even for a "comedy?"; what genre was this film supposed to be in?

There is a reason they say write what you know... whitewashed college movie that boils a bunch of girls down to surface level cliches. There is an entire genre that should be renamed to 'Bad films about women written by men' which almost always feature a scene where a girl relaxes sexily on her bed in flattering underwear whilst at home on her own. In the first scene of this film one character mentions periods and the other says 'eeeew gross' HAVE YOU ACTUALLY MET A WOMAN?

A mix of a rom com and a coming of age tale, this has it's moments mainly due to the strong cast and acting. The plot is pretty straight laced and should resonate with a lot of it's target audience. Girl sets up best friend with dishy guy and has to deal with the consequences of being left to fend for herself. Leads to some recriminations and the final reckoning. Goes down easy.

A group of students share a house living pretty chaotically. Allie (Stephanie Simbari) encourages her best friend Kort (Kortney played by Allie Gallerani) to pursue Daniel. Allie (the character) finds herself getting jealous when the new couple start to date. While Daniel and Kort are spending more time together, Allie struggles to face up to how little she's actually achieving on her own.

While the acting is generally strong, as someone not living in the US, I found the diction and accent hard to follow for the first fifteen minutes or so - this was especially true of Stephanie Simbari. While things improve as we move along, Allie does also come over as not such a likeable character. It's quite hard to sympathise with her rather self-indulgent attitudes.

It feels a little as though some reviewers here have marked the film up purely because it comes at student excess from a refreshing angle - the girls' viewpoint. It's true that this is a nice change but it doesn't warrant giving the film 9s or 10s. At the same time it's not a bad film. The 1s and 2s don't make sense either. For me, this is a straight down the middle 5.

5/10