Ginger & Rosa (2013)

It is early sixties and the peak of Cold war between Russia and US - where Russia has installed nuclear head in Cuba with a imminent outbreak of a nuclear war. This is a coming to age tale of two seventeen years old girls Ginger (Elle Fanning) and Rosa (Alice Englert) from dysfunctional families. They grow up in the same neighborhood, go to different school, hang out together and do adolescent weird things like any other kids. Ginger moves out from her mother's Natalie (Christina Hendricks0 home to her recently separated father Roland's (Alessandro Nivola) house. On a boat trip Rosa comes close to Roland that ends up as an affair. Ginger feels that she is losing both the people she loves - her father and her friend. Confused, Ginger tries to find a purpose in saving the world by associating with anti-nuclear group and campaign by becoming an activist. When arrested and released, everyone confronts Ginger who discloses that Rosa is pregnant with Roland's child. Ginger's mother and Roland's wife Natalie consumes overdose of pills and is rushed to the hospital, where Ginger and Roland sit the whole night.Ginger writes a poem in which she forgives Rosa and RolandIt is a sweet little story. My interest of seeing this was because I wanted to see one movie of Sally Potter as a director. Amongst all her movies I selected this. I am happy I did thatI always like to see a woman Movie Director because if the woman Director is not just following commercial form - and being really in one's own zone without being attention seeker and dishing out man's stuff under women's garb - it is a new perspective and world that is presented. And I love to see those details - that only a women director can capture.And Sally Potter does that so successfully. I like the way she thinks over and builds her character with events, incidences and close-ups that tell more between the lines.A different style of film-making I love to absorb inThe casting, acting, real locales, etc. are very good. Every one has acted well, but the maximum screen time is given to Elle Fanning and she excels in her role. I will give it 7 out of 10

Like, seriously. This isn't so much a review of the film as it is about her performance. Ex-cell- ent. American Horror Story showcases talent like this, take Jessica Lange, James Cromwell, Kathy Bates to name a few. Her only flaw is the British accent wavers just a teensy bit. But all in all, wow. It's nice to see her tackle a project significantly more mature than her breakout role in Super 8 (where she was also excellent). BUT, I think it would be really interesting if her acting skills were put to the test on American Horror Story. This film pretty much confirms she is much more insightful, and much much smarter than your average Hollywood actress. We need more of these around in the world of horror, these days built on creaky clichés and terrible acting. Watch this not because it's an incredible masterpiece, but for the performance.

Well the movie is about two teenage girls from London, Ginger and Rose, who are very close since their birth. They share everything, talk and discuss about stuffs, partying, sex, roaming everywhere and late night home comers, overall in one word they are inseparable. But destiny is envious of their bond and won't let em live like that forever.The movie is partially divided into two different stories in parallel stream of story telling. One was a family affair and the other one was a nuclear missile crisis. The blend was super between these two, one after another scene to scene changes the story's depth and notion.Elle Fanning and the new girl Alice Englert from New Zealand, both were good enough for the respective roles. I liked Timothy Spall's tiny role, it was very handy for the movie. And other too were given very decent performances.The movie had a fair and substantial amount of scenes that make us interest on it. It will also make bore for certain audience who are not comfortable for slow in pace. The tale was clear on the complex of the teenager's desire from the 1960s, so be aware of theme before choosing to watch it. For me it was a simple and good movie.7/10

Even though the film had great acting, good cast, good script and all that for most of the film, it was very dull. In my opinion. It wasn't until 10 minutes before the end it started to pick up. The last 10 minutes was the best part out the film, the rest was OK but I did end up skipping some parts. The part where Ginger was crying and her mum was trying to get the truth out of her was probably the most emotional scene or when the mum attempted suicide. There should have been more emotional scenes, for instance, more drama between Ginger and Rosa's families. Just that extra thing would have made the film so much more interesting. Having said that, I prefer films with more emotion anyway, I don't know if this film was meant to based around that but I think it would have been a better film if it was.