An average movie

I 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.