Damsels in Distress

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Audience Member Damsel in Distress' was, in my opinion, one of the worst films I've seen in a decade. The plot fell flat, and everything about this movie was absolutely horrible. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/04/23 Full Review Gareth v One of the more intriguing talents in Hollywood, I find Greta Gerwig rather annoying in this movie. The characters I couldn't care about and the jokes were so stilted. Lame effort Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/20/23 Full Review steve d The script is smart and hilarious. Gerwig is FANTASTIC. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review susan j Loved most of Whit Stillman's flicks but this one....eeeah. The first 35 minutes were engaging, witty, quirky, and compelling enough - but then it went off the rails into a fantastical-realism parody of itself. It was like Stillman was aiming to make a Wes Anderson film but he's too wry and observational to do that. Wes Anderson has wisps of sadness comingled with sweetness, directness, whimsy and absurdity. Whit Stillman is too much of a realist to pull off something earnest---so, what is meant by Violet (Cloe Sevigny) saying she is determined to learn as many cliches as she can since cliches stacked back to back contain some of the world's finest wisdom. Two college guys in their D-list fraternity, saying literally: "What color's that? Blue? OK, what color's that? Green...huh. And what color's the wall? That's green too? Whoaaa. You know it's not my fault I'm still learning my colors --how should I know the difference between blue and green? Who are you to think yourself to be superior to someone who has not yet grown into their intellect? I may be ignorant. In fact I am. But at least I'm not arrogant." Like...what Whit Stillman doing here? Who are these people supposed to be? It's not surrealism. Not absurdity. Not farce. Not even poking fun at "dumb jocks" or "stoners" or "braindead children of privilege." It's something half-considered, and tiresome. The whole movie is like that--heavy-handed instead of light-hearted. And somehow not unlike eating a underdone cupcake--smells good, looks terrific, gummy, pasty, doesn't taste great, ends up a chore to finish. Which I didn't. After the initial promising 30-35 minutes I was able to force myself to watch another 25, but no more. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Out of the modern romantic comedies from Whit Stillman, this is by far the most eccentric and filled with punching dry humor and sarcasm. Greta Gerwig absolutely carries an already charming script. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member It's very obviously a movie with an acquired taste, which would suggest (and explain) the polarity in the audience reviews. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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