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Elan Durham (not verified) says:
Honestly, I'm dumbfounded over the reaction to this film. Must be something in the zeitgeist. Only Ms. Page's gamin quality saves much of the dialogue from seeming at once cartoonish and 'cool' without making any real point and then pointedly in-your-face 'un-pc.'
Also, that any high school student should so cavalierly choose to go full-term in a pregnancy (9 months out of her young life--not to mention the recovery time--DOH!) and agree to give away her baby without sweating bullets is insulting to the girls who go through these situations... Yet another in the recent trend of movies that see making babies as being as significant as picking up an In/Out Burger.
Being a dramady the film easily could have spent 2 or 3 more minutes of screen-time on Ms. Page's situation, as it was the major plot point and also give her an opportunity to show off her acting chops... Everybody wins, including any young viewers who may find themselves in such a fix.
Overall, I was put off by this breezy quality which strives for punk Noel Coward and sounds more like a pop culture name-dropping popularity contest ... made sparkling mostly by the performances, particularly those of Michael Cera's and Ellen Page. What genuine finds. Further evidence that without good actors the industry would be up ... stranded in unreal cliches.
Honestly, I'm dumbfounded over the reaction to this film. Must be something in the zeitgeist. Only Ms. Page's gamin quality saves much of the dialogue from seeming at once cartoonish and 'cool' without making any real point and then pointedly in-your-face 'un-pc.'
Also, that any high school student should so cavalierly choose to go full-term in a pregnancy (9 months out of her young life--not to mention the recovery time--DOH!) and agree to give away her baby without sweating bullets is insulting to the girls who go through these situations... Yet another in the recent trend of movies that see making babies as being as significant as picking up an In/Out Burger.
Being a dramady the film easily could have spent 2 or 3 more minutes of screen-time on Ms. Page's situation, as it was the major plot point and also give her an opportunity to show off her acting chops... Everybody wins, including any young viewers who may find themselves in such a fix.
Overall, I was put off by this breezy quality which strives for punk Noel Coward and sounds more like a pop culture name-dropping popularity contest ... made sparkling mostly by the performances, particularly those of Michael Cera's and Ellen Page. What genuine finds. Further evidence that without good actors the industry would be up ... stranded in unreal cliches.