Greta Gerwig d/ Noah Baumbach
Offbeat, very verbal chronicle of a madcap 20-something who caroms through her life in NYC sprinkling ideas, laughs and failure.
While the lead is a MPDG (manic pixie dream girl), a trope that has fallen into disfavor recently, the film does rocket along carrying us on a bewildering, fast-paced trip into a magical NYC where the neighbors are friendly and supportive and where things usually turn out well. I frequently found myself impatient with the contrivance and thought to turn it off...but...the next scene would pull me in... I stayed till the very end, head scrambled but vaguely amused.
A successful effort that teetered on the edge of awful all the way...but squeaked by on sheer chutzpah and momentum.
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