***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** Sifting through the videostore is such a painful process--trying to figure out which video to pick, hoping that your $3 and 2 hours will be well spent--ME WITHOUT YOU was a pleasant surprise. I rented it not knowing anything about it and was pleased to find that it was one of the best coming-of-age movies I had seen in a long time.
I am a big fan of movies that take place either in one solid work day (like Clerks) or movies, like ME WITHOUT YOU, that take place over several years -- specifically those childhood to adult years.
ME WITHOUT YOU focuses on the story of two white girls growing up in 1980's New Wave/Punk-influenced London suburbs. This film has plenty of subcultural and pop culture references to Punk and New Wave if that's your thing.
Here's the basic synopsis(WARNING, I MAY GIVE AWAY MORE THAN YOU WANT TO KNOW, SO DON'T READ ON IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THIS STUFF): Girl 1 and Girl 2 are best friends as kids... Girl 1 is the "mousey girl" (who in my opinion is actually cuter than the "pretty girl") turn intellectual and thus our film's protagonist and Girl 2 is the hip skinny wild pretty girl. Girl 1 has a crush on Girl 2's brother--which remains a point of jealousy between the girls. The film moves us from childhood friendship ceremonies to high school angst to college-aged rebellion and eventually marriages and kids. Most of the film takes place in the college years in the 1980's with a punk and new wave soundtrack and backdrop. Girl 2 continually screws over and controls Girl 1, but in the end most of the pieces fall into place. This film is great if you like coming of age films; films set in the 80's; films with punk & new wave references, subcultural moments, and soundtrack; films set in England; & films with cute girls...
This is a good movie for people who like coming-of-age flicks with girls as the main characters.
I am a big fan of movies that take place either in one solid work day (like Clerks) or movies, like ME WITHOUT YOU, that take place over several years -- specifically those childhood to adult years.
ME WITHOUT YOU focuses on the story of two white girls growing up in 1980's New Wave/Punk-influenced London suburbs. This film has plenty of subcultural and pop culture references to Punk and New Wave if that's your thing.
Here's the basic synopsis(WARNING, I MAY GIVE AWAY MORE THAN YOU WANT TO KNOW, SO DON'T READ ON IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THIS STUFF): Girl 1 and Girl 2 are best friends as kids... Girl 1 is the "mousey girl" (who in my opinion is actually cuter than the "pretty girl") turn intellectual and thus our film's protagonist and Girl 2 is the hip skinny wild pretty girl. Girl 1 has a crush on Girl 2's brother--which remains a point of jealousy between the girls. The film moves us from childhood friendship ceremonies to high school angst to college-aged rebellion and eventually marriages and kids. Most of the film takes place in the college years in the 1980's with a punk and new wave soundtrack and backdrop. Girl 2 continually screws over and controls Girl 1, but in the end most of the pieces fall into place. This film is great if you like coming of age films; films set in the 80's; films with punk & new wave references, subcultural moments, and soundtrack; films set in England; & films with cute girls...
This is a good movie for people who like coming-of-age flicks with girls as the main characters.