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Damsels in Distress

2011

Whit Stillman

Greta Gerwig, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Carrie MacLemore ...

5.1

1,417

Comedy. Drama Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics and produced by Westerly Film Production, Distress is a comedy about a trio of beautiful girls as they set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university the dynamic leader Violet Wister (Greta Gerwig), principled Rose (Megalyn Echikunwoke) and sexy Heather (Carrie MacLemore). They welcome transfer student Lily (Analeigh Tipton) into their group which seeks to help severely depressed ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"This is the world as Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Stillman writes his own dialogue, and is a master of clever double-reverse wit (...) He's also lucky to have found an actress in Gerwig who finds the perfect note for playing a [smart woman] (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald	"Wonderful, elevating frivolity! Whit Stillman's funniest and most accessible film"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Even if it did not have other charms, this peculiar, uneven campus comedy would be worth seeing for the delightful felicity of its dialogue."	NEU
United Kingdom	Ian Freer Empire	"Gilded by a giddy Greta Gerwig, 'Damsels In Distress' is a sharp, daffy, eccentric delight. Stillman may be an acquired taste, but no-one else is making films like this. Cherish it. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Leslie Felperin Variety	"An utter delight"	POS
United States	Neil Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Genuinely sophisticated and smart (...) [Gerwig] is pitch-perfect here, infuriating and irresistible"	POS

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