I read a lot of reviews who spoke about the realism of this film...I hope that isn't true because if it is then we are in for a world of hurt if young people are doing this many drugs and having this much meaningless and unprotected sex. I say that having worked in a level one trauma center in a major city for years!
The film is about Leah who moves into "the hood" in New York with her roommate Katie. Both girls are college students doing internships over the summer. They are also doing whatever drugs are available and seem to be ok having sex with whoever...including leadership at their intern jobs. During a party in their new apartment they run out of drugs and Leah approaches a member of the street corner dealers named Blue. Eventually Blue and Leah strike up a sexual relationship and Blue starts to dream big which eventually leads to his arrest. Leah tries to raise money to hire a lawyer to get Blue out of jail by selling his stash of drugs...
This is a terrible spiral downward which started from an already low point (Leah was doing drugs and sec before meeting Blue). It was like watching a train wreck and didn't seem to have any redeeming value.
The one high point in the film was at the very end when there was the contrast of the lived through trauma and all of the "happy-go-lucky" college kids going back to class after their summer break. I think this was supposed to point out the gross unfairness of where the two main characters end up, hence the title "white girl". But I hate to break it to everyone...that girl is never going to have a normal or even a good life, even if she manages to make it through college. Her life is so tainted by the life choices she made and she will forever be mentally damaged because of them.
The film is about Leah who moves into "the hood" in New York with her roommate Katie. Both girls are college students doing internships over the summer. They are also doing whatever drugs are available and seem to be ok having sex with whoever...including leadership at their intern jobs. During a party in their new apartment they run out of drugs and Leah approaches a member of the street corner dealers named Blue. Eventually Blue and Leah strike up a sexual relationship and Blue starts to dream big which eventually leads to his arrest. Leah tries to raise money to hire a lawyer to get Blue out of jail by selling his stash of drugs...
This is a terrible spiral downward which started from an already low point (Leah was doing drugs and sec before meeting Blue). It was like watching a train wreck and didn't seem to have any redeeming value.
The one high point in the film was at the very end when there was the contrast of the lived through trauma and all of the "happy-go-lucky" college kids going back to class after their summer break. I think this was supposed to point out the gross unfairness of where the two main characters end up, hence the title "white girl". But I hate to break it to everyone...that girl is never going to have a normal or even a good life, even if she manages to make it through college. Her life is so tainted by the life choices she made and she will forever be mentally damaged because of them.