I should probably confess my stupidity from the outset. You see I confused this period coming-of-age drama for another film - Jack and Diane - a film focused on adolescence but with a lycanthropic twist. So for almost a third of the film I was patiently waiting for a werewolf to show up and liven up the sedately paced drama yet it never came. Therefore, because I was actually expecting something very different, my opinion of Ginger and Rosa might be a little harsh.

The film follows two inseparable best friends living in ‘60s London just before the Cuban Missile Crisis. With liberal upbringings they join CND protests and discover the joys and perils of 1960s life in London. In…

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This one’s confusing for me in the context of it being an A24 film. By that I mean that with most other A24 releases you can kinda tell that they are. They have a unique feel that just makes you go “oh yeah, that makes sense” upon hearing who their distributor/ production company is. 

The problem with Ginger and Rosa is that you wouldn’t say that when you found out that it was an A24 release. I certainly wouldn’t have guessed it if I hadn’t already known, and there’s a few reasons for…

I dreamed there was a wall of flame
I screamed because I was to blame
I looked around. No night, no day
No sky, no ground. Nothing to say.

A24 is a film studio I've learned to inherently trust with 90 minutes of my time, no matter what the premise. And Ginger and Rosa, a coming-of-age story centered around two teen girls who begin drifting apart before the backdrop of the Cuban missile crisis, wouldn't normally be up my alley. But, thanks in no small part to Elle Fanning (who is so god-damned good in everything she touches), I ended up liking this.

The story was a bit of a slow burn, and there was also a certain illicit relationship…

Like a slow burning flame a bond between two girls starts to melt away with a path they choose that breaks them emotionally trying to understand a world which is trying to achieve supremacy to bring a strong hold on who will dominate.

Ginger and Rosa is set in 1960 where two best friends Ginger and Rosa are finding their way in this newly formed world after war. They are trying to be free and independent not only spiritually but with the existence they can hold together. With Ginger being actively taking part in the protest of banning bombs and stop a nuclear holocaust, Rosa drifts in her way in the arms of Ginger's father Roland with his free thinking…

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"This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang... Not with a bang..."

Ginger & Rosa proves that some stories absolutely require female voices in order to be told. The movie handles topics like domestic violence, child neglect, teen rebellion gone wrong, and many more (including that one pseudo intellectual guy you met at uni who is, in fact, just a creep who can quote poetry) with extreme ease and familiarity, managing to evoke passion even in those of us who didn't grow up in the 60s (although from the looks of it, it ain't much different from today).
Despite relating more to Ginger in spirit (which isn't hard as Elle Fanning…