Henry, who sports a wispy hipster beard that vanishesĪnd reappears from scene to scene, starts out as an annoying poseur, but by the end he's a rock 'n' roll dreamboat.
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"How Emilio Estevez," exclaims Stream's friend Jenny (Gaby Hoffmann), and it's not always clear whether the movie means to endorse her mockery or refute it. Reynolds), who declares his rebellion by changing his last name to Lipschitz. Burson's script (written with Kate Robin), this role is filled by young Henry Rockefeller (Ryan The social misfit whose true sensitivity is camouflaged in sullenness and sarcasm. The ironclad conventions of the genre demand that she transfer her affections from the bad rich boy (archetypally impersonated by James Spader in "Pretty in Pink" many years ago and here played by James Roday) to Pleasure along the way depends on the heroine's momentary frustration. Since this is a romantic comedy - imagine a collaboration between John Hughes and Whit Stillman in close consultation with the editors of "Our Bodies, Our Selves" - the happy outcome is never in doubt, and the audience's The story focuses on a smart, winsome strawberry blonde named Stream (Bonnie Root), and what plot there is turns on her search. The female orgasm and the Ivy League admissions process.Ĭolette Burson's amiable new comedy, which opens today at Cinema Village, follows three seniors at the prestigious (and barely fictitious) Halton School in Manhattan as they struggle to find academic advancement and sexualįulfillment.
Oming Soon" explores two phenomena that have inspired countless magazine articles and how-to guides, as well as widespread anxiety and fascination:
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