An average movie

Before this movie was released, there was a pretty good buzz about it but, eventually, it didn’t get much love and it is Sofia Coppola’s lowest rated movie so far. Even so, I was quite eager to check the damned thing and it turned out to be a decent watch. Indeed, it was an intriguing story and I really liked the cold and neutral approach chosen by Coppola. Unfortunately, this approach eventually did backfire as you never get really the opportunity to get to know the characters and to really understand their motivations. Eventually, at least half of the movie was about them robbing some houses and get shitfaced afterwards which became rather repetitive fairly quickly. I mean, from time to time, you would get some interesting piece of information about the characters like Marc’s previous school trouble, his relationship with Rebecca or the fact that he likes to wear some high heels but, each time, it was just barely developed which was rather frustrating and disappointing. Eventually, even though the whole thing was fairly well directed with some decent performances, it was still difficult to care for a bunch of shallow teenagers obsessing over some vapid celebrities, especially since the director herself didn’t seem to really care either. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, I still think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in this director.