Director: Noah Baumbach
Writers: Noah Baumbach,
Greta Gerwig (screenplay)
Stars: Greta Gerwig,
Lola Kirke,
Seth Barrish |
Storyline
Tracy, a lonely college freshman in New York, is rescued from her solitude by her soon-to-be stepsister Brooke, an adventurous gal about town who entangles her in alluringly mad schemes. Mistress America is a comedyMistress America User Reviews
Mistress America: A surreal, strange, slice of life unlike any other
19 July 2015 | by steven-leibson (United States)
Taking place in New
York City about now, "Mistress America" focuses on the life of Tracy who
is a freshman in college. She aspires to be a writer—easy to tell
because she's aloof, detached, alone, and looking for friends. Her mom's
getting remarried so Tracy has an older sister-to-be in Brooke, one of
those cinematic forces of nature like a young Katherine Hepburn,
perhaps. Brooke takes Tracy into her life of late-night concert
performances, high-output spinning, fashion, finance, clandestine
apartments, absent lovers, and a nascent restaurant business. In many
ways, this is a buddy movie as Tracy learns fierce independence from
Brooke, who she greatly admires.
Like all buddy movies, Tracy's and Brooke's relationship has ups and downs, complicated by the literary understory. Then the whirlwind pace goes surreal as the New Yorkers head to Greenwich, Connecticut in search of—something. We think it's one thing but it's not. I guess Greenwich, seat of the uber wealthy in the US financial arena, is actually a surreal place.
This is an intensely witty movie with a very chewy script handled ably by the very smart cast. Many call "Mistress America" a comedy but funny is clearly not this movie's main goal. To call it a "screwball comedy" is to not properly describe its intellect. The movie is saying something about envying the lives of others, which most of us do to one extent or another. It's a thoughtful movie, and it will be uncomfortable for some to watch if you, like Tracy, are not centered within your own mind and body. And after all, who is?
We saw this movie thanks to the San Jose Camera Cinema Club.
Like all buddy movies, Tracy's and Brooke's relationship has ups and downs, complicated by the literary understory. Then the whirlwind pace goes surreal as the New Yorkers head to Greenwich, Connecticut in search of—something. We think it's one thing but it's not. I guess Greenwich, seat of the uber wealthy in the US financial arena, is actually a surreal place.
This is an intensely witty movie with a very chewy script handled ably by the very smart cast. Many call "Mistress America" a comedy but funny is clearly not this movie's main goal. To call it a "screwball comedy" is to not properly describe its intellect. The movie is saying something about envying the lives of others, which most of us do to one extent or another. It's a thoughtful movie, and it will be uncomfortable for some to watch if you, like Tracy, are not centered within your own mind and body. And after all, who is?
We saw this movie thanks to the San Jose Camera Cinema Club.
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