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Frances Ha

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7.4/10 • 1.7K

2013-05-171h 26m

ComedyDrama

I'm not messy, I'm busy.

An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.

Directors
Noah Baumbach
Writters
Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
Editors
Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Jennifer Lame

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  1. Greta Gerwig

    Greta Gerwig

    Frances Halladay

  2. Mickey Sumner

    Mickey Sumner

    Sophie Levee

  3. Michael Zegen

    Michael Zegen

    Benji

  4. Adam Driver

    Adam Driver

    Lev Shapiro

  5. Charlotte d'Amboise

    Charlotte d'Amboise

    Colleen

  6. Patrick Heusinger

    Patrick Heusinger

    Reade "Patch" Krause

  7. Michael Esper

    Michael Esper

    Dan

  8. Grace Gummer

    Grace Gummer

    Rachel

  9. Josh Hamilton

    Josh Hamilton

    Andy

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MaxTyrone

Mar 20, 2017

10/10

I sometimes equate this movie to waking up from a satisfactory sleep with the perfect amount of alcohol in the good ol' intestines, slowly coming to the realization that you have shit to do, responsibilities to attend, new lies to create, new truths to discover. We find Frances in a similar state at the beginning of the film, though she has yet realized the consequences of her actions. When her best friend, Sophie, decides to move out and pursue other goals, Frances initially ruminates in their apartment alone. Having broken-up with a boyfriend over her refusal to live with him, Frances bounces between living arrangements. For most of this film, all of Frances' decisions seem terminal, as she can never settle in one place - whether it be at Benji and Miles' bachelor pad, France, her parents' house in California, or a dorm at her old university; this coupled with her unfulfilling job as an extra dancer in her company. She soon abandons everything in the interim of Sophie's engagement and move to Japan. For a comedy, the movie has a sadness to it that is inescapable, sadness due to the fact that throughout much of the movie, Frances is alone. The friends she makes come and go, not because she lacks the ability to keep them, but because of the turnstile nature of life. The paths she takes lack a certain introspection and responsibility. Benji's date even points out the superficial economic implications of using a credit card to travel to Paris for the weekend, whereas Frances is more concerned with reading Proust. She ultimately has to face the question of identity in a nomadic lifestyle, and decide between instability and control. It is this viewer's opinion that Frances Ha reaches a conclusion located somewhere in the middle - in that gray area on a drunken night where the room spins around the bed, and the only reprieve is a foot placed on the floor.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
$4,069,826.00
Keywords
new york cityfriendshipdancerparis, francefreedomlonelinessbest friendblack and whiteurban settingresponsibilitymumblecoresacramentodance teachermillennialslate coming of agedance showjoysincere