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A Star is Born
The young and talented Ms. Bonnie Root gives an all star performance in this coming of age comedy. She is a real find and I look forward to watching her career progress.
Not all it's cracked up to be
I rented this because of all the buzz around it being the female "American Pie". First, I have to say that there has to be a double standard if this movie almost got an NC-17 rating compared to most of the other trash out there. Second, being neither female, 18, nor extremely wealthy, I found it hard to connect with this movie. It is a fairly standard teenage sex comedy, which is sunk by its setting in upper class New York and its snotty insider attitude. It lost me with the line, "How do you know she's a lesbian?" "She went to Brearley", which is a joke which can only be appreciated by a group of people who grew up within a 20 block radius of each other on the Upper East Side. This would have been a cute movie if it had taken more of a middle American attitude.
"American Pie 2: The Pie Strikes Back!"
An absolutely charming entry in the coming-of-age field. Donot be fooled by the.. cover; this is not in any way, shape, or form exploitative. Instead, it is an intelligent, funny, and thoughtful exploration of the lives and minds of three priviliged NYC teenage girls (the location of this film is quite similar to the Upper East Side location of "Cruel Intentions"). We follow the three girls (a foul-mouthed Gaby Hoffman among them) through their various romantic, familial and, yes, sexual tribulations... All of the performances are excellent, and the star-studded supporting cast includes Mia Farrow, Peter Bogdanovich, Yasmine Bleeth, and Spalding Gray. Like a junior "Sex and the City", there is quite a bit of mature (if graphic) sex talk; nonetheless, this is a film that every 15 - 21 year old girl should see. Oh, and you guys who are big fans of "Drop Dead Gorgeous", "Dick", and other girlcentric teen flicks will love it too. In closing, "Coming Soon" is arguably the smartest, most mature and most underrated teen flick of the past decade. If "Slums of Beverly Hills" was riot-grrrl cinema, then this movie is pure cinematic Bikini Kill.
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