Crossroads

Profound While incredibly simple, I loved the storyline. The film follows a roadtrip of people who used to be close but began to despise eachother as time moved forward. The whole plot and everything is emotion-driven in a coming-of-age way I loved it. While being primarily carried forward by emotions it still had a lot to it; the Dylan plot twist was shocking. The central themes were of friendship, love, loss and the passage of time. I haven't given a lot of films five stars this year (think this is my fourth one minus rewatches) but something about this radiated comforting energy and it's also evident the release date lies in the early 000s which was the peak of coming of age films. I love the characters. They're not explicitly given a lot of depth but observing their interactions and reactions provides such great insight into the differences between them and how they manage to intertwine within their relationships with eachother. Although from the details that we are given, they all come from very different backgrounds and have different priorities which is why they drifted apart in the first place. I just think time becomes unkind as you grow older and when they finally had time to take a roadtrip and relax they grew close again and time was kinder as it was when they were younger. The cinematography largely consisted of peaceful shots of the scenery and complimented the emotions in the scenes. The pace was flawless to me it seemed as though it worked out perfectly; it didn't dwell on sadness for too long but gave enough time for the scene to have an impact. I loved the sound design as well it just made sense for a 000s coming of age movie. I loved the cast too, I wish Britney spears was in more movies. Looking into the director's other works it seems as though she usually made comedies from the 90s to early 000s. I noticed comedy movies in general don't get high ratings compared to drama and this film's target audience is primarily female so the rating's even lower.