Girl/Girl Scene

A lesbian film. An 80's homage movie. For reasons that will likely never be known or understood (and probably involve an acid trip), someone decided to merge these two genres. And, in its own bizarre way, it works. Here's my breakdown:

The Look - Because it's an homage to the eighties, the entire movie, especially the first scenes, look like they were shot on a VHS Camcorder. The lighting is interesting, with pinks and purples that are reminiscent of the decade. It takes a little getting used to, and I wonder if the film would have been better if they had shot it like any other movie. But it's their creative decision and maybe I don't especially like it, but I'll give them credit for taking the risk.

The Writing - At first I thought the jokes were horrible. Painfully bad. Then I began noticing references to Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Breakfast Club. Then I figured out that the humor was meant to be reminiscent of that era. From that point of view the jokes are good bad jokes, meaning they're good at recreating teenage angst-y jokes that today would be very dated.

The Story - Perhaps it's a little too over dramatic and self indulgent for its own good, but maybe that's the point. The characters are colorful and horribly flawed human beings, and it shows in the most awkward and endearing moments of the film. You may not understand their decisions or why they choose to bring so much drama down on themselves, but you'll at least relate to it in one way or another.

The Acting - The best acting performances come from Maya Jamner as Ryan and LE Barone as Dov. Ryan is a beautiful, quirky neurotic and is the funniest character. Dov (Dove?) has an interesting plotline that I can't get into without giving too much away, but the acting is flawless.

The Bad - It was very hard to hear the dialog at times. Closed captions are a must, especially for all the little jokes and quick asides. Some of the scenes could have been shorter, especially the ones with Bridget and Dov talking. Two hours is hefty and 20 minutes could have been cut out.

Overall - I hate myself for how much I love this movie. I've watched it three times, and I suspect I'll give in and watch it again. There are so many reasons not to like this. But I do. I love it. I'm sure many others will too.

The love letter is a rehash of the love note from IT. This white woman is actually trying to pass herself off as Iranian. The player lesbian trope is so outdated it hurts. No one in this film looks like they have ever smoked a cigarette in their life, which wouldn't be an issue except all the characters apparently smoke. Making date rape a plot point but making out like it's no big deal is damaging. There isn't a single healthy relationship/friendship in this entire film.

Can Tucky Williams please stop making films because they are genuinely insulting on so many levels.

When people are reviewing this movie they have to understand that this is an indie film. It was well put together. That being said the reason I give this movie 9/10 is that my favourite character Trista (who I was really glad returned) appeared to be weak and broken which is a huge change from how she was portrayed in the tv series.

She is God same with Lena Waithe and QT all three are interchangeable cause they all kick serious ass! Loving this lady , she's one bad as B! I love show and her shorts and everything she does!

To the only other reviewer...how can you not love this film?! Your telling me that their joke about how you should learn to french kiss at 13 wasn't hilarious? Haha....First review was absolutely correct. This movie wasn't even worth a so bad its funny laugh. You can tell they are trying to be funny, but I can honestly say Ive never seen something this NOT funny. Its kind of hard to explain, but it's about as funny as a CNN broadcast about foreign trade policy. Whoever wrote, fimed and funded this movie needs to get taken out back to go by the way of Old Yeller.

I am not going to lie....I put this on with the expectation of it being so bad its funny. Also it seemed worth a watch because....lesbians. My life is complete because my dreams have been filled and then some! No nudity to speak of, it was horrendously unfunny, and had zero redeeming qualities.

To sum up...the best way to picture this movie is soft core porn on late night Cinemax. Acting wise and story that is. It is much much more unfunny, a little worse as far as camera work, surprisingly the same music, no nudity, and about the same quality looks with actresses (albeit worse actresses than their Cinemax counterparts). So I probably owe Cinemax an apology. I always make fun of the story, acting and quality of a low budget soft core, but clearly they are far from the worst. Stay far away, and hope that the writer and director get their computer/camera taken away in shame!