Stony Brook Film Festival.
I hate movies like this where they try to make the main character quirky and awkward, but they only come off as entitled, narcissistic, incompetent, mean to others, and screams almost in every scene. I understand this is the intention, so that the character can develop through the course of the movie, but without a positive trait, it is hard to follow him through most of the movie. It's even making me feel bad about my depression. Movies I like that has awkward characters include Mary and Max. In that movie, aside from awkwardness, Max is detail-oriented, logical, and has his own take on the world, which played off nicely with Mary's curiosity. Here, aside from the unlikable traits, we don't see the main character having any other positive traits aside from the one good thing he did for his company, and his love for obvious movies.
I am also not a fan of the feminism angle brought up in the middle of the film. I don't think it meshes well with the bildungsroman story of an awkward boy learning to be sociable. If anything, it only made me hate the main character more, which made me hate the movie more.
Romina D'Ugo's Alana, however, is the bright spot of the entire movie. I like her energy, her composure, her attitude, and how she delivers her back story. However, I'm writing this review mainly to express how much I hate the "awkward teen" trope when there isn't anything to enjoy about the character.
Did I mention the story structure is almost identical to Lady Bird?
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