Obviously it goes nowhere because there was nothing there to begin with. The problem with this documentary is that its maker, Lauren Greenfield, is really no different from the subjects she tries to capture except that Lauren is in no way able to shimmer in the glitz. She injects herself repeatedly and often jarringly into the film even though she lacks the qualities that would make such an exposure captivating. I rated this a 4 because she does try to seem to be brutally honest, but it is an intimacy most people would not care to share. Basically, there is no reason for an audience to get to know someone like Lauren.
The topic is interesting and there were some good interviews, but the filmmaker did not have the intellectual heft to do justice to the topic. Some of her interviewees said thought provoking things which she did not pursue because she wanted to make a movie to show people how good, grounded and wholesome she was. She actually seemed to be more interested in signalling to others that she was virtuous and nonjudgmental and hence the self flagellation though a public confessional.
It is not really worth your time and it is definitely not a 10.
The topic is interesting and there were some good interviews, but the filmmaker did not have the intellectual heft to do justice to the topic. Some of her interviewees said thought provoking things which she did not pursue because she wanted to make a movie to show people how good, grounded and wholesome she was. She actually seemed to be more interested in signalling to others that she was virtuous and nonjudgmental and hence the self flagellation though a public confessional.
It is not really worth your time and it is definitely not a 10.