2013 · comedy · drama · coming-of-age
Frances Ha
Directed by Noah Baumbach1h 26m2013
An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.
Our read: Frances Ha (2013) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama · coming-of-age entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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“You want charming black-and-white adulthood angst about friendship, ambition, and graceful reinvention.”
Skip it tonight — Baumbach mumblecore pacing irritates you or you dislike relationship films without plot.
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