LoginI wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. I have to admit that I had no idea what it was about before watching the damned thing and, eventually, I really had a hard time to get into this story dealing with such a misguided romantic relationship. I mean, to have a young girl discovering her sexuality was fine, that she lost her virginity with a much older guy was still fairly acceptable but with her mother’s boyfriend?!? In fact, ‘misguided’ was not the right word, in my opinion, the whole thing was in fact downright sinister… Of course, Woody Allen might argue differently but, being myself a stepfather with a daughter 14 years younger than me, it was just hard to handle. Furthermore, I was never really able to figure out where the makers stood regarding this matter. I mean, obviously, they never condoned what was going on but the tone was still pretty quirky and whimsical in spite of some really dark material. As a result, the fairly light tone might give the feeling that what the main character went through might not be so bad after all. Still, I have to admit that I was quite impressed by Bel Powley. I had never seen her before but, even though she was obviously much older than her character, she still delivered a strong performance. Indeed, even if the material was rather cringe-inducing, she was always convincing and it was just refreshing to see a believable and relatable teenager. What was also impressive was that even though Powley delivered a realistic and plain looking teenager, she still made her character quite charismatic. Anyway, to conclude, even though the material seriously rubbed me the wrong way, I have to admit that it was not bad and you might want to check it out but only if you can handle such a misguided relationship.
The Diary of a Teenage Girl Reviews
An average movie
Posted : 3 years, 10 months ago on 17 June 2020 12:01
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The Diary of a Teenage Girl review
Posted : 8 years, 3 months ago on 29 December 2015 09:20
Please someone tell me the name of the song playing (and who sings it) when Minnie says "I refuse to be some sniveling crybaby. I'm a fucking woman, and this is my life."
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The Diary of a Teenage Girl review
Posted : 8 years, 7 months ago on 30 August 2015 05:26
Initial Thought: I honestly didn't know what to think about this movie. It looked pretty weird and the animation was looking kind of bleh. Also it didn't help that Kristen Wiig played a part here. Anyways we have had it at our theater for a couple weeks so I decided to just go ahead and watch it.
Characters/Acting: I really only had interest in this because Alexander Skarsgard is in it. He didn't disappoint me at all here either. Kristen Wiig was boring as usual for me and when she said the line about her being a piece when she was young just made me laugh. I don't know why but Bel Powley has this attractiveness to her even though she is also quite awkward looking. Her performance here was definitely of the more positive experiences of the movie.
Story: Lonely and artistic, Minnie chronicles her trials through expressive drawings and painfully honest missives confided to a tape recorder. One fateful evening alone with her mother's boyfriend, Minnie is confronted with her burgeoning sexuality for the first time, and suddenly this precocious teen is in way over her head. It's odd how very sexually graphic this movie is. I remember the commercials saying that it doesn't exploit her sexuality. I honestly think that it very much did exploit it. There are numerous graphic sex scenes involving her throughout the movie. It didn't bother me really, but I sure wasn't expecting it. It shared a lot of similarities with the Nymphomaniac films, but by no means as graphic as those films. The artwork was a mixture of really odd and terrible drawings to actually being quite creative. It had some pretty good moments. I didn't really laugh here, but there were scenes people in the theater laughed at that I honestly didn't see the humor of. The ending was pretty good though. It made up for the good chunk of a simple coming of age sex romp.
Directing/Writing: I never heard of Phoebe Gloeckner or read any of her stuff. I do know that the book she wrote is actually a bit more disturbed than the movie went. This is the first film that Marielle Heller wrote and directed. She is fairly decent, but I think she really needs to work on her storytelling aspect.
Final Thought: It was a decent one time watch. I wasn't expecting anything great or horrible. It was pretty much as I expected it would be. It has its moments. It also has its cons. I honestly didn't think this had anything new to offer the world. It's sort of just there. If you do choose to watch this just don't do so with your kids. It would just be really awkward seeing as it seems it should be directed towards them.
Characters/Acting: I really only had interest in this because Alexander Skarsgard is in it. He didn't disappoint me at all here either. Kristen Wiig was boring as usual for me and when she said the line about her being a piece when she was young just made me laugh. I don't know why but Bel Powley has this attractiveness to her even though she is also quite awkward looking. Her performance here was definitely of the more positive experiences of the movie.
Story: Lonely and artistic, Minnie chronicles her trials through expressive drawings and painfully honest missives confided to a tape recorder. One fateful evening alone with her mother's boyfriend, Minnie is confronted with her burgeoning sexuality for the first time, and suddenly this precocious teen is in way over her head. It's odd how very sexually graphic this movie is. I remember the commercials saying that it doesn't exploit her sexuality. I honestly think that it very much did exploit it. There are numerous graphic sex scenes involving her throughout the movie. It didn't bother me really, but I sure wasn't expecting it. It shared a lot of similarities with the Nymphomaniac films, but by no means as graphic as those films. The artwork was a mixture of really odd and terrible drawings to actually being quite creative. It had some pretty good moments. I didn't really laugh here, but there were scenes people in the theater laughed at that I honestly didn't see the humor of. The ending was pretty good though. It made up for the good chunk of a simple coming of age sex romp.
Directing/Writing: I never heard of Phoebe Gloeckner or read any of her stuff. I do know that the book she wrote is actually a bit more disturbed than the movie went. This is the first film that Marielle Heller wrote and directed. She is fairly decent, but I think she really needs to work on her storytelling aspect.
Final Thought: It was a decent one time watch. I wasn't expecting anything great or horrible. It was pretty much as I expected it would be. It has its moments. It also has its cons. I honestly didn't think this had anything new to offer the world. It's sort of just there. If you do choose to watch this just don't do so with your kids. It would just be really awkward seeing as it seems it should be directed towards them.
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