Support the Girls

Not sure what to make of this film. It's branded as a comedy, but it's not funny. As a drama, it lacks a compelling plot and character development. The lead performance by Regina Hall - as others have mentioned - is fantastic. I wish she was in a better film.

Reminiscent of The Florida Project, Waiting and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, but not nearly as self-assured or accomplished as any of those films.

Support the Girls: This was an incredibly surprising film in the amount of nuance it contained in its storytelling. It's honesty one of the best screenplays of the year and one of the most pleasant surprised.

Very real portrayal of how chaotic a day can be on the food industry. A few heart warming moments and seeing Haley Lu is worth your time watching this. This girl oozes sexiness thru every pore. It's a good watch overall, just don't expect anything more than the daily life of a boob bar and its employees.

I have spent more than half an hour trying hard to figure out what this movie is about. Or who is the main character. Or if there is some evolution of some sort. A badly made reality TV show is usually more entertaining and has better outlined characters.

If not for anything else, I love movies that give the audience a 'slice of life' glimpse into a certain person's lifestyle. Support the Girls does that in the way of showing what it takes (physically and emotionally) to manage a business/restaurant. It's pretty much all told in one restaurant (Hooters type) as Lisa (Regina Hall) sees her viewpoint change during one fateful day 'in the office'. If it weren't an independent film, with more advertising behind it, I would think that maybe Hall could have gotten some Oscars love for her performance. She's absolutely delightful to watch, as is Haley Lu Richardson, who is quickly jumping up the charts of young stars to watch for. It doesn't have a huge plot or any twists and turns, but it was a consistently enjoyable 90 minutes of a life that I was not previously accustomed to.

7.5/10