How this film is labeled as 'LGBT' and a romance is beyond me. It's only about friendship and in the coming-of-age genre. The premise: girl from privileged upbringing and girl from wrong side of the tracks become friends and deal with life over a particular summer in the U.K. That's it.
The issues: 1. The movie is slow, unbearably so. Montages of activity are fine, but not after the thousandth time set to an overly-sappy soundtrack. 2. The soundtrack is loud and almost constant, and as mentioned before, overly sappy and just inappropriate for the film as a whole. 3. There are supposed to be touching scenes, but you never really develop much interest in the characters because the pacing is just way to slow. There just isn't any energy in this film, and the development isn't great, so when characters become tearful, it's hard to feel anything as a viewer but boredom and desire for the plot to move along. I've watched many foreign and/or European films that are understated and well-crafted, but this one misses the mark completely. I spent most of the film wishing it would end or something interesting would gappen. It didn't. In fact, in moments when you think a romance will develop, it doesn't.
Not worth the 100 minutes of your time, honestly.
The issues: 1. The movie is slow, unbearably so. Montages of activity are fine, but not after the thousandth time set to an overly-sappy soundtrack. 2. The soundtrack is loud and almost constant, and as mentioned before, overly sappy and just inappropriate for the film as a whole. 3. There are supposed to be touching scenes, but you never really develop much interest in the characters because the pacing is just way to slow. There just isn't any energy in this film, and the development isn't great, so when characters become tearful, it's hard to feel anything as a viewer but boredom and desire for the plot to move along. I've watched many foreign and/or European films that are understated and well-crafted, but this one misses the mark completely. I spent most of the film wishing it would end or something interesting would gappen. It didn't. In fact, in moments when you think a romance will develop, it doesn't.
Not worth the 100 minutes of your time, honestly.