Review of It Felt Like Love (2013) by Cody C — 10 Jan 2015

I suppose it helps that the director is a woman, otherwise this tale of an underage Brooklyn girl's sexual awakening would feel even creepier. 15-year-old Lila is bored with summer vacation along the Brooklyn beachfront community where her working class father is trying to raise her and a starving dog as a widow and her only distraction is modern dance and a semi-slutty bestie girlfriend.

Inevitably, a thuggish older boy appears, and she responds. She wants to have sex, or at least some kind of connection, but is clueless. He's indifferent. Lassitude of summer defines the tone of this desultory journey, leading up to the aforementioned creepy episode.