"Elle Fanning is proving that unlike her sister she has the talent displayed as Ginger to carry a film" Ginger & Rosa is the story about two young British girls who were born in 1945 the year world war two ended. Their mothers had them in the same hospital which led to them becoming best friends. In 1962 the two girls are now grown up having to deal with life and love that is threatening to separate the two.
Sally Potter directs this film about these two young girls who are growing up in the time of a war torn world as well as conflicting views of what is really love. Ginger is the more political of the two as she seems more worried about how many days she may have left to live while Rosa is the complete opposite as half way through the film she falls in love with Gingers dad which upsets Ginger very much causing her to breakdown near the end of the film.
Elle Faning plays Ginger a 17 year old who does not get along with her mother because she does not understand how her mother acts. Fanning plays Ginger great and in her final breakdown she can barely say her confession because she is in tears. Christina Hendricks plays Ginger's mother Natalie and in her limited screen time she makes the most of this cruel mother to Ginger but deep down she is a terribly alone women which Hendricks has played very effectively. Alice Englert plays Rosa and compared to the more complex Ginger she is less compelling as a character. Rosa is not a likable character especially when she starts her relationship with Roland the father of Ginger. Most of the other characters do not spend much time on the screen because the are not as important to the main plot, some of those actors are Oliver Platt and Annette Bening playing an American couple who cause some problems for Ginger as she follows their protesting which leads to her getting arrested at one stage, also Timothy Spall and Alessandro Nivola play characters that are important to the story but compared to the main women their performances were not compelling.
My main problem with the film is it felt slow even though it was a short film. Fanning is the obvious standout but her performance was not so special enough that it was able to save this less then impressive film to try make it better.
MOVIE GRADE: D (MVP: Elle Fanning)
Sally Potter directs this film about these two young girls who are growing up in the time of a war torn world as well as conflicting views of what is really love. Ginger is the more political of the two as she seems more worried about how many days she may have left to live while Rosa is the complete opposite as half way through the film she falls in love with Gingers dad which upsets Ginger very much causing her to breakdown near the end of the film.
Elle Faning plays Ginger a 17 year old who does not get along with her mother because she does not understand how her mother acts. Fanning plays Ginger great and in her final breakdown she can barely say her confession because she is in tears. Christina Hendricks plays Ginger's mother Natalie and in her limited screen time she makes the most of this cruel mother to Ginger but deep down she is a terribly alone women which Hendricks has played very effectively. Alice Englert plays Rosa and compared to the more complex Ginger she is less compelling as a character. Rosa is not a likable character especially when she starts her relationship with Roland the father of Ginger. Most of the other characters do not spend much time on the screen because the are not as important to the main plot, some of those actors are Oliver Platt and Annette Bening playing an American couple who cause some problems for Ginger as she follows their protesting which leads to her getting arrested at one stage, also Timothy Spall and Alessandro Nivola play characters that are important to the story but compared to the main women their performances were not compelling.
My main problem with the film is it felt slow even though it was a short film. Fanning is the obvious standout but her performance was not so special enough that it was able to save this less then impressive film to try make it better.
MOVIE GRADE: D (MVP: Elle Fanning)