My wife (who is 36 years younger than I) wanted to watch this movie, and I thought, "Oh, boy: a typical teen-20-something flick about a bunch of selfish girls who think they know it all, have to have it all their way, and get upset when others do unto them as they have done unto them."
I was completely wrong.
To.Get.Her is one of the best movies I've seen in quite awhile. What I mean that is that this movie slapped down my preconceived misconceptions and surprised me in the last 20 minutes.
This movie is story telling not movie showing. About halfway through I realized I wasn't watching a move but experiencing the angst of these girls (and by de facto, the angst all teens experience).
I don't know if "brilliant" is a proper adjective, but it comes close. It's no "Citizen Kane" or "Rivers Edge", but it nonetheless surprises, enthralls, and produces a catharsis so lacking in the Hollywood bilge so popular with the proletariat.
Yes: See this, but leave any preconceived misconceptions behind. Let every moment be experienced fresh and new, and, just maybe, you'll "get" what this story is saying.
I was completely wrong.
To.Get.Her is one of the best movies I've seen in quite awhile. What I mean that is that this movie slapped down my preconceived misconceptions and surprised me in the last 20 minutes.
This movie is story telling not movie showing. About halfway through I realized I wasn't watching a move but experiencing the angst of these girls (and by de facto, the angst all teens experience).
I don't know if "brilliant" is a proper adjective, but it comes close. It's no "Citizen Kane" or "Rivers Edge", but it nonetheless surprises, enthralls, and produces a catharsis so lacking in the Hollywood bilge so popular with the proletariat.
Yes: See this, but leave any preconceived misconceptions behind. Let every moment be experienced fresh and new, and, just maybe, you'll "get" what this story is saying.