"Girls Will Be Girls" features three women sharing a house along with their minefield-laden personal lives. While the production was good, the script left something to be desired.
There were many good things one could say about this movie. The music was well done. The cinematography held up. The acting ranged from passable to very good. The setting, while not original, was interesting.
Unfortunately, the comedy and drama were another thing.
The comedy was often tedious. Well-worn jokes hit the screen at a surprising rate. What helped break things up was that the movie didn't take itself seriously. Fortunately, the writer(s) kept trying, and a few good laughs made it in. Most of the comedy was derogatory in nature. Characters aimed put-downs, slams, and jabs at each other with reckless abandon. It was almost like watching a miniature war.
About halfway through the movie, we start to learn more and more about each character's background story as the drama gets cranked up. By the end of the movie, we have switched from 'heavy-handed comedy with a little bit of faux drama mixed in' to 'heavy-handed drama with a little bit of comedy thrown in'. This is soap opera territory.
This shift in the focus of the movie was awkward. In the beginning, characters were throwing mean-spirited comments around left and right. You don't care about the characters because they are one-dimensional. And that's good, because if you did care, those verbal jabs would change from humorous to hurtful.
Later, the movie shifts and the characters start having reasons for why they do things. A lot of the background stories are schlock, but the characters are hurting, crying, and reacting. To the characters, the drama is all too real. In the end we come to the awkward realization that we care about the characters - despite how much they seem to enjoy hating each other.
The comedy in GWBG knows few limits. We see a naked man, a naked woman, vomit, rape, and more - all for self-serving comedic effect.
One of the in-jokes is that the three main female characters are played by actors. In the beginning, we're not sure if the characters are supposed to be female, or Male-To-Female transgendered people, or just men dressing as women. Some confusion ensues when characters start dating until we finally figure it out (they're women).
I would have given the movie slightly higher marks had they left it as a meaningless comedy. Unfortunately, the few laughs to be had die down as the drama is cranked up. I might watch GWBG again if I were drunk enough.
There were many good things one could say about this movie. The music was well done. The cinematography held up. The acting ranged from passable to very good. The setting, while not original, was interesting.
Unfortunately, the comedy and drama were another thing.
The comedy was often tedious. Well-worn jokes hit the screen at a surprising rate. What helped break things up was that the movie didn't take itself seriously. Fortunately, the writer(s) kept trying, and a few good laughs made it in. Most of the comedy was derogatory in nature. Characters aimed put-downs, slams, and jabs at each other with reckless abandon. It was almost like watching a miniature war.
About halfway through the movie, we start to learn more and more about each character's background story as the drama gets cranked up. By the end of the movie, we have switched from 'heavy-handed comedy with a little bit of faux drama mixed in' to 'heavy-handed drama with a little bit of comedy thrown in'. This is soap opera territory.
This shift in the focus of the movie was awkward. In the beginning, characters were throwing mean-spirited comments around left and right. You don't care about the characters because they are one-dimensional. And that's good, because if you did care, those verbal jabs would change from humorous to hurtful.
Later, the movie shifts and the characters start having reasons for why they do things. A lot of the background stories are schlock, but the characters are hurting, crying, and reacting. To the characters, the drama is all too real. In the end we come to the awkward realization that we care about the characters - despite how much they seem to enjoy hating each other.
The comedy in GWBG knows few limits. We see a naked man, a naked woman, vomit, rape, and more - all for self-serving comedic effect.
One of the in-jokes is that the three main female characters are played by actors. In the beginning, we're not sure if the characters are supposed to be female, or Male-To-Female transgendered people, or just men dressing as women. Some confusion ensues when characters start dating until we finally figure it out (they're women).
I would have given the movie slightly higher marks had they left it as a meaningless comedy. Unfortunately, the few laughs to be had die down as the drama is cranked up. I might watch GWBG again if I were drunk enough.