Review of Damsels in Distress (2012) by Karen D — 25 Oct 2011

There's something about the fact that THIS is what we get from Whit Stillman after 13 years that makes it even funnier. It reminds me a bit of the bit in The Big Lebowski when the Dude jumps up, rubs his pencil over the notepad and finds only a phallic doodle.

That, crossed with Jack Torrence's typewriter. You could find much fault with the the direction, and the film sure does sag badly in places. And ultimately I wanted more of Violet and a bit less of most of the others.

But A++ for the laughs from all those things that had made Whit chuckle to himself and scribble down in a notepad. Bear in mind I found Be Kind Rewind the funniest film of 2008.