
A teen faces her impending adulthood in the carefree sex and drug revolution years of the early 80's prior to fears of AIDS. She lives with her bitter, divorced mother and her sadistic kid brother. Looking forward to a life based on her passion for art, she nevertheless gets in with the partying crowd which causes her to miss deadlines and poor grades which jeapordizes her future. Ultimately she ends up losing her virginity to an older artist wanna-be who she has had a long s... (Full plot summary below)
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A teen faces her impending adulthood in the carefree sex and drug revolution years of the early 80's prior to fears of AIDS. She lives with her bitter, divorced mother and her sadistic kid brother. Looking forward to a life based on her passion for art, she nevertheless gets in with the partying crowd which causes her to miss deadlines and poor grades which jeapordizes her future. Ultimately she ends up losing her virginity to an older artist wanna-be who she has had a long standing crush on.
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| Film Journal InternationalPeter HenneSkoog undermines the impact of her own film, but it still doesn't kill off the good performances by Weil and Morgan. |
| User ReviewTorstein KWhatever is a "coming of age" movie where we follow a seventeen year old art student named Anna through maybe the most important period of her life. Anna is a very smart young girl who are more sensitive and sweet inside than she let's others see. She's also in an age where she is ready to experience, both with drugs and sex and we get to follow her while she experiences these things for the first time. Anna gets totally exposed in this movie. We see her faulty home life with a mother who puts herself above her. We see how she react to first love and also how far she is willing to go for her friendship with her lost cause of a friend - Brenda. We see her insecurities in herself, mostly shown by her not giving everything she can with her work and studies even though she is clearly smart and talented enough. We also see her flaws and mistakes she makes. Brenda - her friend, is also a well built character. Grown up in an abusive home and not as bright as Anna, she is headed for the wrong path in life. And it's these two characters that makes the movie together with it's very honest and realistic approach. Even though the movie is set in probably early 80's it's still a movie that is very relevant today and I find it quite shocking that it's not a more known movie than it is. Even though it's flaws (not all of the other characters are as good as the main two) it's a very well made movie. It's also easy to see that it's directed by a woman, especially with sexual scenes which shows the girls point of view instead of the regular way of doing those scenes. I'm equally surpised to see that the director, Susan Skoog, never did another movie after this. All in all it's a honest, characterdriven drama that I'd have no problems recommending to anybody. I'd give it an 8 outta 10. |
| User ReviewStarrySparklesvery realistic teen movie... the sex is not sexyyyyyy, unless you are into....vomit : x |
| User ReviewArchibald TAn indecisive Anna can't decide to keep pursuing her love of painting or her self destructive behavior with her best friend Brenda. Released in 1998, it's suppose to be set in the 1980's, but it's hard to tell between that decade and, well, the one we're already in. It's not a bad indie pic with some good acting from Liza Well, as Anna. |