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Damsels in Distress

Might surprise anyone expecting Stillman's preppy naturalism -- it's soft sci-fi portraying a planet where high-status girls pursue low-status boys on *principle* (instead of by magic, as in an Apatow or any H'wood film starring a slovenly manchild). Manchildren here are but means to female intellectual & emotional growth. Jokes thud in the instantly forgiven way, damsels retain charm as they slip the shivs in.