Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

merelyaninnuendo Frances HaA journey of a 27 year old girl in her social and professional life resembles too much with practicality that you cringe yourself in the seat as she goes through each and every ups and downs which just represents how amazing of work has Noah did on paper and on screen.

rdoyle29 A beautiful character study about a woman in her late 20's who can't quite get into the stride of adult life. Greta Gerwig stars in and co- wrote this portrait of Frances, who has a gig as an apprentice in a small dance troupe in New York. She is extremely devoted to her college friend Sophie (played by Mickey Sumner, Sting's daughter), and when she moves out of their apartment and starts a serious relationship with a man, Frances is thrown for a loop. There's more plot, but the plot isn't exactly the point of the film. It's mostly about Frances stumbles into a small improvement in her station after many setbacks and sets a path for herself on her own terms.

glorious_alien The film is really well made, but the characters are absolutely repulsive. The main character, Frances, is beyond annoying. This level of immaturity is hard to watch for someone like me who has had to be responsible from very early on. I don't understand anything about the title character and her directionless life, she is like the holy fool from the tarot deck, only upside down where all the sweet characteristics are exaggerated to the point where they are not an asset but a liability. I don't know if I can finish watching this movie, it seems to be praising all the things I loathe. I am writing as I am watching. And hey, the movie is over. What a waste of time this was.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) I am probably going to watch Noah Baumbach's newest "While We're Young" tomorrow, so why not give one of his other films a watch as an appetizer. I watched "Frances Ha" in theater shortly after it came out pretty much exactly 2 years ago and I remember really enjoying it. None of this is lost on rewatch. I have a soft spot for modern black-and-white movies and this one is no difference. I felt there was something truly raw and authentic about everything in here, especially the characters' interactions and dialogs. Apart from that, there is some great music in here, especially the David Bowie song, but also "Everyone's a Winner". Lead actress Greta Gerwig scored a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal here and it was very deserved I must say, especially as she also came up with the excellent script. I don't want to quote many parts of this film that I found particularly successful, but I have to mention Frances' monologue at the dinner party which was just an amazing piece of acting and storytelling and, of course, the reference to that in the last scene of the movie is also spot-on.It is probably not my number 1 favorite film from 2012, but it's possibly the one film from that year that succeeds the most at combining drama and comedy. There are not that many dramatic moments, but her general life struggles and also crumbling relationships certainly deliver. And this is also a truly hilarious film. Frances is such a goofy, likable, relatable character that it's a complete joy to watch her, for example when she sleeps all the time when she is in France. The restaurant scene was excellent with her running off to get some money to pay. Or the quotes are sometimes hilarious too, for example about a certain French writer being "heavy". It's all very smart, yet never full of itself. It was such a joy to watch Frances have a great night at one point when her new friends ask her to dance and she dances all the way home as well. I would almost want to call this film a must-see, especially for filmmakers who want to come up with a quality comedy film. These 80 minutes (very short film, never drags for a second) were a wonderful experience and I truly hope that Baumbach and Gerwig can repeat this achievement as often as possible. Highly recommended.