And once again I've been struck by the "this was made just for me" very big grin of "oh how I love that trope, and look it's actually being used well".
I'm stuck between spoiling something so the people who REALLY REALLY SHOULD SEE THIS FILM AND I'M LOOKING AT YOU
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thrace_ know that it hits their very favorite tropes, and knowing that it loses something to go into the film already knowing this. But to think I might have believed the trailer and the blurb and thought this was only an issues movie because there was no mention of the genre and the things that make me squee!So, SPOILER FREE REVIEW, with the exception of the setup details:
Finn's Girl starts with 11 year old Zelly and her other mother dealing with the aftermath of the loss of Finn's biological mother, an activist and abortion doctor to breast cancer. Finn has given up her fertility specialist career to take over Nancy's life work at the protester beleaguered abortion clinic, Zelly is acting out, trying to play her sperm donor father (who Finn is also at odds with professionally over his acceptance of pharmaceutical company money in what was their fertility research) against Finn, who is not managing to make time for Zelly. When police protection for Finn and therefore Zelly has to be increased the pressure starts to build.
There were moments early on when I felt distanced from it, but I liked it more and more, and from the point that I realised where it was going I just had a great big grin on my face. I might have expected it from a comedy, or a post apocalyptic separatist fable, but this was a grounded, interesting movie about the way families are, rather than the way families are in movies, and it was great.
Bonus moment - one of the actresses was at the screening, she happened to be in Auckland visiting her girlfriend, saw the poster which features her, and contacted the directors who put her in touch with the festival organisers.
My next movie is tonight.
Crossposted to http://aquila1nz.dreamwidth.org/1733.ht
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