The story focuses on Lily, who is best friends with Jerry, is leaving for college after next summer. They both pledge to loose their virginity before that. At the beach one day, they meet a man, David. Jerry displays her interest while Lily stands calm, but David seems to like Lily more. Lily and David gets close up to the point that the have sex, without Jerry knowing. One day, Jerry's father died. Knowing that Jerry likes David, she asks him to go and see her. While there, Jerry asks David to make love to her. Jerry tells Lily that she and David had sex. Lily then starts avoiding David, even as he ask her to tell the truth to Jerry that she sent him to Jerry's place. One day Jerry leaves for Paris, and Lily goes to see him. Before going, David kisses her and Jerry sees that. Jerry confronts her and she tells the whole truth. Jerry gets upset because Lily plays God on her by 'throwing' David at her. On the day Lily goes to move to college, Jerry comes, and the two are friends again.
Maye it's a culture difference issue, but for me the basic premise is quite alarming for me, that the two girls pledge to loose their virginity just like that. The good thing about the movie is the story is quite intricate, though it's based on quite an alarming premise. The story develops well from a simple story about friendship and relationship, to one of ambivalent betrayal then to reconciliation. The pace built by the scenes and editing is quite good, one of a medium tempo, not so fast yet not so slow.
The acting is nice. Dakota Fanning did a good job in keeping her calm character like on almost all of her roles, while at the same time she is still able to have a go at heated dialogs. Elizabeth Olsen nails a great performance portraying a carefree girl. She did amazing at adding a soft New Yorker accent to sweeten the character she plays. Having Demi Moore, Peter Sarsgaard, and Clark Gregg also add a nice touch to the whole movie.
The costumes are nice, they can steal the attention with nicely picked color mixes. Ge soundtracks are especially nice, they help to build the swinging yet slowed down mood of almost the entire movie. Shooting in New York, this movie is able to portray the city as one not so crowded, a far cry from the actual thing, I guess.
My final say is that this movie earns a nice 6 out of 10 score, though a recommendation is not going to pass from me. Personally I think this movie suits more of a couch entertainment than a cinema movie.
Maye it's a culture difference issue, but for me the basic premise is quite alarming for me, that the two girls pledge to loose their virginity just like that. The good thing about the movie is the story is quite intricate, though it's based on quite an alarming premise. The story develops well from a simple story about friendship and relationship, to one of ambivalent betrayal then to reconciliation. The pace built by the scenes and editing is quite good, one of a medium tempo, not so fast yet not so slow.
The acting is nice. Dakota Fanning did a good job in keeping her calm character like on almost all of her roles, while at the same time she is still able to have a go at heated dialogs. Elizabeth Olsen nails a great performance portraying a carefree girl. She did amazing at adding a soft New Yorker accent to sweeten the character she plays. Having Demi Moore, Peter Sarsgaard, and Clark Gregg also add a nice touch to the whole movie.
The costumes are nice, they can steal the attention with nicely picked color mixes. Ge soundtracks are especially nice, they help to build the swinging yet slowed down mood of almost the entire movie. Shooting in New York, this movie is able to portray the city as one not so crowded, a far cry from the actual thing, I guess.
My final say is that this movie earns a nice 6 out of 10 score, though a recommendation is not going to pass from me. Personally I think this movie suits more of a couch entertainment than a cinema movie.