Frances Ha
Frances HaProbably not gonna ever review this on youtube so I’m going to pour my heart and soul into a letterboxd review. This movie is so just... I know I always say this, but this movie was magical. I pretty much only say magical about a few movies so you should know where this is going. The IMDB description right there is just already making it sound fun before you watch it. Also this is not a romance movie at all I have no clue why that’s one of the genres it got on the site. This was directed by Noah Baumbach and he also co-wrote this movie with Greta Gerwig who stars as Frances in this movie. I feel like Greta Gerwig did 90% of the writing cause this straight up feels like it could work as a Lady Bird sequel (even though it came out 5 years before). I genuinely just feel like Lady Bird is super connected to this movie. Lady Bird in my opinion is one of the greatest movies ever made and this is such an amazing film as well. Every line is written perfectly and delivered perfectly by the cast. The story is interesting and there’s fun little sequences that just make you happy. The scene where she runs around to go find an ATM was honestly one of the most fun scenes ever. None of the jokes had me laughing but like a lot of them were genuinely hilarious. Adam Driver in this movie is perfect as always and I kinda like how he isn’t in the movie that much at all. This movie is just super smart and thinks of everything it can do before doing it. I think that in terms of decisions this is a perfectly executed movie. This is a tough contender for best movie of 2012 with Perks of Being a Wallflower for me but if I had to choose I think I’d choose Frances Ha. Also good contender for the best Noah Baumbach movie with Marriage Story and I haven’t quite made that decision yet but it has a good case. (All movies mentioned in the last 2 sentences are on Netflix and Lady Bird is on prime). The whole possible Lady Bird sequel story thing drove me crazy for this movie and even if that didn’t exist I still think it deserves its final score. This movie makes you hate and love characters when you need to, and makes you feel like Frances is a straight up mess. Also it’s written by Greta so of course she made her character from Sacramento. Just truly wonderful. Also, yes it’s 86 minutes, absolutely perfect in every way because of that.Final Score: 10/10
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