Review of Circle of Friends (1995) by Gloria W — 06 Nov 2007

I watched this movie probably 15 times in the summer of 1995... I think it really hit me at that point in my life. I identified with Benny in a way that I had never with any character to that point.

It had been (until then) me looking at people and wanting to BE them... Benny was (and probably is) so much like me. Looking back, she's not quite as "fat" as they made her out to be... but seeing someone on the screen who shared her honest feelings about how she felt like a hefer and people refered to her as solid... and she thought she had mannish hands...

I just longed for the amazingness of having a beautiful blue-eyed boy suddenly eschew the prettier girl for me. And it probably also contributed to my paranoia that any such interest would ultimately end in ruin, because boys can't resist the lure of the other woman.

Still... it is a part of me in a way that no other movie can be, and for that, I love it.