Review of Mistress America (2015) by Marko D — 15 Aug 2015

The only scenes that make this film worth watching is the exclusive interaction between Greta Gerwig & Lola Kirk. The CT scenes were like a bad off-off-off Broadway comedy!

This review of Mistress America (2015) was written by Marko D on 15 Aug 2015.

Mistress America has generally received positive reviews.

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By Eve Tushnet (62) for The American Conservative (16) on 06 Aug 2018

I loved Kirke and Gerwig's megadramatic line readings. Everything they do is underlined…

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Near the end, the story becomes central in a moral quandary that Baumbach and Gerwig are smart enough not to resolve with a tidy answer…

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Cliched story about two New Yorkers who decide to make a day of seeing what they like about the city…

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Not sure if anyone in this movie was supposed to have good qualities but I still felt something after watching it…

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By Paul T (570) on 11 Jul 2016

Great movie. The storyline flowed and was wonderful to watch. I will be recommending this to my friends. :)…

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Greta is definitely the intellectual's Alicia Silverstone. Movie is quirky and funny (but funny peculiar, not haha)…

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