Letterboxd — Your life in film

IDEAL viewing conditions for this: saw it with my sister in an otherwise empty theatre. The first teen film I've seen for ages that wasn't trying to be a throwback to similar films from the 80s or 90s or noughties. It felt completely of the moment, and not even in ways I always liked or understood, bit it was very assured and refreshing. We both had a cracking time and a bit of a cry.

Not very cohesive and it should have ended about ten minutes sooner, but this was a fun and immersive watch nonetheless, mostly because the two lead performances are superb.

Was expecting to enjoy this but I was pretty dissapointed. Was heartfelt and the scenes showing the tensions in the main characters family were good, but the rest was way too cheesy and I cringed a lot. I also flat out refuse to believe that any school in 1980s Luton had a school radio station.

This film is massively improved by the knowledge that every single obnoxious character would have bought tickets for fyre festival.

Last time I saw this I think I was about the same age as the teenage characters, It was still brilliant and disturbing but aspects of the film felt very different on the re-watch, which was interesting. Maggie Smith and Pamela Franklin are both terrific, and the final confrontation between them is as satisfying as it is ultimately tragic.

Watched this home alone at night because I'm a Fuckwit.