How to Talk to Girls at Parties
(2017)Talk to the girl. Save the world.
An alien (Elle Fanning) touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets three mates mates in the most dangerous place in the universe: the London suburb of Croydon in 1977, the center of the punk revolution. From the director of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, based on a short story by Neil Gaiman. Nominated for the Queer Palm nominee at Cannes 2017.
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Directed by John Cameron Mitchell
Starring Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman, Ruth Wilson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Matt Lucas, Joanna Scanlan
Written by Philippa Goslett, John Cameron Mitchell (based on the short story by Neil Gaiman)
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There's too little narrative cohesion or persuasive subtext to make this much more than a low-budget folly that's outre without always being terribly interesting. Full Review
The film enunciates its raw themes - punk means individuality! the aliens are all about conformity! - but never begins to figure out how to embody those themes in a narrative that could lure in the audience. Full Review
The director's lost and his panic is contagious. Full Review
The film looks dreadful, and the CG effects are a legitimate eyesore: An opening animated sequence is so tacky, it took me a while before I realized it wasn't just another logo animation for a random film fund. Full Review
The cinematic energy that permeated the screen in both 'Hedwig' and its follow-up, the oft-forgotten 'Shortbus', is completely missing here. Full Review
It's all a bit mad, but ultimately rather moving. Full Review
An unfortunate amount of the enjoyment began and ended on set. Full Review
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