"I don't mean to sound like that Johnny Cash line--'I play guitar like this because I don't know any other way. I don't know other ways to act."
Watching modern rom-coms it starts to feel like a lot of actresses give roughly interchangeable performance. This is never the case with Gerwig, who gives off her own unique vibe, a touch of screwball but too grounded to be quirky, with an element of strange unclassifiable energy that keeps you wondering what she will do next. After a string of strong performances, Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha is finally has the perfect vehicle to channel that energy. I covered it's New York Film Festival premiere for The Film Experience:
Frances Ha is the type movie experience I’m hoping for every time I plunk down my ticket money. It knows exactly what it wants to do and how it wants to do it and as a result it grabs you by the sleeve and pulls you right in. It is Noah Baumbach’s finest film to date and the big breakout due for Greta Gerwig for some time now...
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