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Summary: I loved this movie
Review: It was cute and funny and totally enjoyable. Save this one for when you just want to have a good time. The characters are a cute mismatched couple and completely credible. Who cares if it isn't great drama - it's very entertaining.
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Summary: Another Dissappointment in the Search for Good Lesbian Film
Review: Don't buy this, don't rent it, don't waste your money.
I honestly cannot imagine how anyone could enjoy this movie. Even if you are able to overlook the cinematic carelessness, the acting and the plot are still far too much with which to contend. Although the acting is at points, laughable (particularly "Randy" played by Laurel Hillman), perhaps in reality it is not truly the fault of the actors that the characters are so one-dimensional and fake (actually this is probably the actors' fault), but the script gives them so little to work with that it is at least not surprising. This is just another coming-of-age/coming-out story with no emotional center. The script tries so painfully hard to find one that it grasps at any and every possible stereotype (rich/poor, popular/outcast, straight/gay, family background, friend-base, you name it) that it ultimately creates characters so unfocused and uninteresting that they bare no relation to any real person and the plot finally has nothing left to support it.
The true tragedy of The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love is that there is such a void in the genre of lesbian films that audiences are forced to accept trash like this as "film," and even go on to praise it because there is no true paragon of lesbian film against which others may be judged. The result is a comment like "it is one of the best lesbian films I have seen" which, given its company, says very little.
In the end, I believe this film should be judged on its own merits rather than in relation to the relative absence of quality within the genre. However, even given that, I do not think this movie can be considered a "good" film by any standards whatsoever.
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Summary: sweet, but trite
Review: This film is cute and sweet. Definitely a "feel good film". But it falls flat in the reality department. The plot is rather stilted and trite. I enjoyed this film and it has its place in ... cinema history, but in terms of quality it is far surpassed by more recent classics such as Beter Than Chocolate.
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Summary: A truly beautiful movie
Review: My other half and I have watched this movie a number of times. The story is rather refreshing and very believable. Some of the acting was rather mediocre but was easily overlooked by the simple beauty of the movie. I usually like deep plots but was able to appreciate the light nature of this movie. I rather liked the fact that it was not inundated with pointless sex acts, truly refreshing. I would recommend it for anyone who likes a love story, Gay or Straight.
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Summary: A surprisingly pleasant movie
Review: I've been watching movies for quite some years now, but it's only been recently, within the last year of so, that I've decided to try to broaden my horizons a bit, and take chances on movies I usually wouldn't watch. With that in mind, I've started renting some foreign movies, and began picking up movies I had never heard anything about, or starred actors I had never heard of before. That's how I came to pick up this movie, and I have to admit that overall, I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed it as much as I did. I'm going to try to break the movie down into component parts, the cast, story, and things like that, and what I liked and didn't like about each. To start with, the cast. As I mentioned, I had never heard of any of the people that starred in this movie, and to be honest, probably will never see them again, or recognize them. The two lead characters, the two girls who fall in love, did a very credible job with their roles. Watching them, I have to say I enjoyed watching their performances, and could believe that the two of them could possibly meet one another, find a spark of attraction there, and grow to be lovers. Some of the supporting characters were a bit weakly played, but not all that bad, except for one in particular who fortunately, only appeared in two very short scenes. This was the boyfriend of Evie, the African-American girl, who was very stilted in his acting, and never seemed at ease in his role, but then again maybe he was supposed to play him that way. I don't really know, but I didn't really care for his acting ability. As for the story itself, it unfolded in a very natural way, and the script didn't seem to downplay towards the two girls, or force them to act before they were really ready, which too many teenage lover stories seem to like to do. As a matter of fact, it's a good half way through the movie before Randy even tells Evie that she would like to hold her hand, and the awkwardness she displays there seems real to life, and further deepened my involvement in the characters lives. Neither girl is portrayed as being stupid, as a matter of fact, they spend some time reading Walt Whitman's "The Leaves of Grass" to one another, and enjoy it. By the time they do consummate their relationship, we know the two girls as well as they know each other, and fell glad for them. My main disappointment with the movie was the ending, which seemed kind of slapped on, and changed the mood of the movie. Prior to it, I was enjoying the burgeoning love relationship the two girls were experiencing, and the end turns into a sort of slapstick farce where everyone introduced earlier in the story are brought together to a hotel where the girls have gone into hiding after having been found out. It seemed a bit anticlimatic after the story I was enjoying, but not enough so to completely diminish the good feeling raised by the rest of the film. So, all things considered, I would have to recommend this movie to anyone who is looking for something just a little bit different from what you usually watch. If you are like me, I don't think you will be disappointed.
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Summary: very true
Review: The story of a typical first love. Not as it happens to lesbian girls only but as it happens to almost everyone. The hesitation to touch, the lovely looking. This movie doesn't have incredible dialogues but the reactions are very true. Some scenes are so cute... like when they touch each other hands for the first time. And it has hilarious scenes too! I laughed a lot! I'm a lesbian teenager and I strongly recommend! U won't be disappointed.
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Summary: My First
Review: This is the first lesbian film I ever saw. I very timidly rented it from my local video store and blushed the whole time I was being rung up. It was totally worth it. It's one of the best movies I've ever seen. It was funny and touching and chaotic and hopeful. The writing was excellent and the acting was energetic. I was impressed by how honest this film is.
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Summary: This film did the opposite to me I thought it would.
Review: If you wonder what I mean, I had a girlfriend in high school who pretty much dated me to hide the fact she was a lesbian. I loved her so much that this hurt me for a few years and I almost couldn't forgive her. I saw this movie advertised in the paper and contemplated seeing this, but I was completely afraid that I would just break down and cry and/or be consumed with anger all over again, so I didn't watch it. However after it came out on video, I rented it, watched it, and found it to be so beautiful, that it helped me actually get over the whole thing with my ex-girlfriend. I don't know if it will do the same for you, but it is worth seeing. You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Wonderfully Realistic Tale of 2 Girls in Love
Review: I was absolutely devoured by this film after the first scene. Laurel Holloman (Randy), is breathtaking. As is Nicole Parker (Evie), who you've probably seen in other films, one being "200 Cigarettes". A story of young love and the importance of finding out and embracing who you are. I recommend this movie for anyone, gay or straight. Invite your mate and hit the couch. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll enjoy.
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Summary: What CAN be
Review: This is about the sweetest, warmest love story you will see, either in straight or lesbian film. The director made this film knowing that many young gays have very bad experiences, and she wanted to show a world for lesbians as it CAN be, not as it is. Forget the angst; this one is the best!
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