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How to Talk to Girls at Parties
2017 · Film · 103 min
Directed by John Cameron Mitchell
ComedyMusicRomanceScience Fiction
In 1970s London, a teenage outsider named Enn falls in love with a rebellious alien girl named Zan, who has come to Earth for a party. Together, they navigate the complexities of intergalactic culture and the trials of first love.
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Only you can tell if you enjoy a film or not. I've enjoyed most of the films I've seen from them. You're not going to get such a rigid hollywood 3 act structure with all the beats being hit according to the formula. Some people like this, others find the films aimless and meandering. Here's one example of that: https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/american-honey-cannes-review/5103945.article?blocktitle=The-Latest&contentID=598
> But while American Honey exudes ample energy, this episodic piece doesn’t muster much narrative drive over its daunting running time of two and three quarter hours. There’s probably a stronger, tighter film in here, but fair game at least to Arnold in her commitment to following the winding back roads of filmic experiment rather than the well-mapped highway of storytelling.
Here are three films, but i've watched loads and I like most of them:
A Prayer Before Dawn is a better version of a film we've seen before - westerner goes to a harsh prison in a foreign country. It's not pretentious and the film avoids being too sympathetic to the lead. Metacritic gives it 76. https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-prayer-before-dawn
Eighth Grade is I think amazing. A really difficult watch of a young person struggling to be a young person. It captures the awkwardness and cliques. The lead actress is brilliant. Metacritic gives it 89, but that has been pulled down by one reviewer who clearly hates the film. All the other scores are over 75. https://www.metacritic.com/movie/eighth-grade
How to Talk to Girls at Parties is a film that I didn't enjoy. But I'm glad they made it and some people do like it. MC gives it 50, but there's a mix of high and low scores. https://www.metacritic.com/movie/how-to-talk-to-girls-at-parties/critic-reviews
Punk connecting people across space and time is pretty much the theme of the movie "How to Talk to Girls at Parties" (adapted from a novel by Neil Gaiman, I would recommend it).