Tommy
13Nov11
True, but as the viewer and already knowing what kind of person she is, she is a pretty disgusting person. I've been thinking about this film a lot lately and I love it more and more everyday.
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Tyler
2May12
So excellent. Heady and immersive; both specific to its milieu and very universal. The panoramic nightclub scenes are done just as adeptly as the more talk-heavy sequences. I like all the Stillman movies I've seen but this one seems to have more blood in it than the rest. The stakes are a little higher and consequently the payoff is richer, cinematically and emotionally. I love most any movie that ends with dancing.
Matthew Martens
27Feb12
Revisiting Stillman this week in anticipation of Damsels in Distress' arrival, it occurred to me that my memory of TLDoD was vanishingly slight. Watching it tonight made it plain why: it is not a memorable film. Were it not for the understated, unexpected triumph of Metropolitan several years before -- and the still substantial, albeit shakier charms of Barcelona -- this lifeless film would have sunk like a stone.
Tommy
13Oct11
I'm pretty sure Stillman has created some of the most unlikeable characters I've ever seen. Beckinsale plays a character with absolutely no redeeming qualities even when she tries to play straight and earnest.
BrianFromConcentrate
8Jun11
I recently watched this film again (I bought the Criterion DVD last year) and I forgot how much I truely love everything about it. Chloe and Kate play off each other so well and Chris Eigeman brings it home. Their performances and Stillman's script make me feel like I'm there experiencing the end of a musical and social movement.
Øyvind Rype
18Mar11
The ending was stellar and so bittersweet in the likes of Beautiful Girls and Dazed and Confused, both of which I love. Highly memorable but not very good in its execution. Great script, mixed acting and some characters that felt unnecessary and was given too much attention. Three strong stars.
Hazel Hills
5Aug10
Although definitely not even close to being as brilliant as Barcelona or Metropolitan, this was very funny. Stillman still gives Chris Eigeman the funniest lines, god knows he delivers those crazy over the top stories perfectly.
Matthew Dekneef
21Jul10
Of all the Kate Beckinsales, this is my favorite Kate Beckinsale. Bring back bitchy Beckinsale!
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ray willson
5Apr10
awesome insight to a subculture that existed briefly in the early 80's. I caught it on hulu for free a couple months ago and it was really entertaining.
Transit Yolcu
30Mar10
cleverly scripted and directed. it was real fun. however some cliches are exaggerated like "coming from Harvard" and classifying people onto that account. however i enjoyed much with dialogues and music...
danhofstra
27Feb10
Thankfully Hulu is showing this for free. I read about it and was interested enough to consider picking it up, but after seeing it, I'm happy I didn't. It's a decent film, but I really don't understand why Criterion felt the need to release it. I absolutely did not care for the ridiculous soliloquies at the end.
like2sleep
4Oct09
i remember the girls going out less 2 party and more 2 feel trapped in their lifestyle the girls are pretty!
