Elle fanning was awesome...there is no doubt about it. The English accents of both fanning and Hendricks were slightly cringe inducing at times, but I bet they could both do better at it! The vowels were over-enunciated in both, making it sound forced...not gentle enough.
I really liked the parts earlier on in the film, where the viewer is taken around watching the girls go about the things they did when there were no adults around. It made me wince slightly, because they're so young, but it's exactly like my friends and I at that age. Brilliant, subtle story telling.
The cinematography is fabulous, and looks beautiful. That sort of raw aesthetic adds to rendering the pictures messages as more realistic.
But generally, there was something missing in this, and I'm not sure what. But a film that's worth a watch, and a film that certainly brought Elle Fanning into my peripheral vision. She'll be great.
I really liked the parts earlier on in the film, where the viewer is taken around watching the girls go about the things they did when there were no adults around. It made me wince slightly, because they're so young, but it's exactly like my friends and I at that age. Brilliant, subtle story telling.
The cinematography is fabulous, and looks beautiful. That sort of raw aesthetic adds to rendering the pictures messages as more realistic.
But generally, there was something missing in this, and I'm not sure what. But a film that's worth a watch, and a film that certainly brought Elle Fanning into my peripheral vision. She'll be great.