Frances Ha 

 

Crew: Director- Noah Baumbach, Screenplay- Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig

Cast: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver, Micheal Zegen

Genre: Drama, Comedy 

Letterboxd Rating: 3.9/5.0 

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Synopsis:

Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York, but she doesn't really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but she's not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend named Sophie, but they aren't really speaking anymore. Frances throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles. Frances wants so much more than she has but lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness. FRANCES HA is a modern comic fable that explores New York, friendship, class, ambition, failure, and redemption. - Rotten Tomatoes 

 

Review:

Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig is a duo you really can't go wrong with. When I fell down the rabbit hole of their films, I knew I wouldn't regret it. This film is perfectly imperfect and its flaws are what make it beautiful. Frances Ha tells the story of many of us dreamers without the common impending doom that is often in films like this one. It's a lighthearted and easy watch with a warm and important story to get you through. The relationships in this film are really what make it for me, Frances and Sophie have a friendship that perfectly depicts the relationship between two best friends. The drifting away, the getting on eachothers nerves, but most importantly, the love and care for eachother, the finding each other always. Its cinematography is very atmospheric and adds to the personality of the film in a huge way. Despite the fact that it's in black and white it feels very colorful. The black and white however, adds to how the film feels somewhat like a flashback. It's almost like she is me and this film is my past, well that's what it felt like for me anyway. This is one of those films that you can play again and again and it will still be entertaining. I can't wait to watch it when I'm older and can relate to the characters more. 

 

Peer Review:

“ A comfort movie that validates but isn't dishonest with you. It's like the cinematic form of getting a warm hug from a wise parental figure and having them share a story from their past to make you feel better and give you some guidance. 

It's important to love yourself.” -@Tyler 'Llewyn' (letterboxd)

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~Paloma Ixta

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