Review of Girl Asleep (2015) by Jay R — 31 Dec 2016
A quirky Aussie film that veers from picture perfect Wes Anderson droll to Scott Pilgrim fantasy, "Girl Asleep" is all your geeky movie needs rolled into one.
High school awkwardness, aka cinema gold, is punctuated by a forced 15th birthday party from vivaciously embarrassing parents, creating a muddled intersection of Greta's very complex and confusing life. There is a boy. There is a rather frightening and creepy school clique. There is a mysterious, unpredictable sister's boyfriend. There is a mystical forrest beyond the white picket fenced backyard.
What starts out as a swinging seventies kitch fest, complete with glorious short shorts, shag carpeting, and a kicking disco dance celebration, morphs into a haunting, hallucinatory journey of self-discovery.
It's a mishmash adventure film where record sleeves come to life, and parents morph into mythical creatures. As if adolescence isn't crazy enough. Perhaps it's all a bit over the top, but it sure is a fantastic, top notch theatre watch.
- hipCRANK.
This review of Girl Asleep (2015) was written by Jay R on 31 Dec 2016.
Girl Asleep has generally received positive reviews.
Was this review helpful?
