bluerider521 There are only about five basic stories around, so the writer's challenge is to make something new and interesting out of one of these basic stories. You can change the type of people it happens to, change the time period, and, in doing these things, bring in the styles, and metaphors of such people. An audience will turn out if they believe they are seeing themselves depicted on the screen. Thus, Damsels in Distress is supposed to depict contemporary female college students. It is a satiric comedy, so it has license for some broad exaggeration.Exaggerate it certainly does. A group of sophisticated young women seek to straighten out all that is wrong at a middle level college. Some of the group are incredibly naive themselves. The college men are either super phonies or so dumb that they could be played by the three stooges. Then kind of nothing happens as these premises are played out in a series of rather lame episodes. It ends with a satire of films of a distant past. But the styles of dress, word usage, intonations, and attitudes are (apparently) contemporary to the targeted audience of this film. If you are not the right age, social class, and gender, you will miss some of the targets of the satire.Thus, this film has some curiosity value if you are not the type who says 'this is about us." If it is about you, enjoy it.

David_Brown Another film that simply does nothing for me. If the ZERO Star option was there, this film would get it. Why? It has the substance, style and taste of leftover Hospital Jello (basically no meat or even bones). How much does it lack? Besides the obvious, a story, it shows no means of modern communication and entertainment such as computers, TV, or even phones (how can you be on a College Campus in 2011 (where the story is supposed to have taken place) without them?), or a lack of transportation (not even a School Bus or car)). I guess cell phones were out of their budget? Not to mention a bunch of girls, who are not exactly hot to look at, and have such flower names as Violet, Rose, Lily, and of course Heather (which actually means... You guessed it flower). The guys are worse: Marvel Comic Characters (Thor, Xavier (Professor X), Rick (Jones) from "The Incredible Hulk" and Freak an Iron Man Villain). Maybe they should have added a chick who is hot like Mary Jane Watson? The plot, from what I figured out was about doing a dance craze featuring music from Chubby Checker. I wonder who can actually name a song from Chubby Checker? Perhaps the stupidest scene (save the ending) where the School shut down a Fraternity in a scene that had no purpose except for ripping off "Animal House." The Delta's were of course, funny. A word that was lacking in this so called "comedy." It did not even create a smile from me (let alone a laugh). Did I mention the pathetic, lame music such as "Things Are Looking Up For Me?" and some stupid Abba type song they are dancing to? It might be the worst Soundtrack I ever heard in a Motion Picture. Last but certainly not least, is there are no characters you can like (or even hate), it does not even offer a resolution to the story. Is it the worst film I ever saw? No that belongs to "Machete" followed by "Walk On The Wild Side" and "Reality Bites." But it does make my Top Five All-Time Worst Film List (and I have seen thousands of films). Zero Stars

kosmasp Of course in Germany they changed the title into "Algebra in Love". Which kind of is something that is in the movie too, but of course the original title is way better. Although I guess it might be confusing for some who don't have a clue what they are watching too. It just states what situation the women in the movie are. But in a different way than some would imagine.Gerwig is great in her offbeat role, but the support cast is helping too. It's a tough theme and script to pull off (as can be seen in some commentaries here on IMDb too), but while it won't reach everyone, I think it will reach enough people who will like/love it.

valinvancouver I believe this movie successfully achieves it's goal of satirizing the young college-age intellectual (or asinine, as the case may be) mindset. The main characters ceaselessly spout all manner of opinions, generally in the guise of bettering the world and others, but their presentation is nothing short of self-congratulatory. Like many young adults, they are convinced their thoughts and actions are worthwhile, if not ground-breaking (international dance craze, anyone?).This movie is definitely not for everyone. You have to be willing to be carried along by it, and I expect many people give up on it due to the absurdity of the characters. What this movies does have to offer is a palpable affection for the human condition and some really excellent performances, particularly by Greta Gerwig in her lead role as Violet.If you like this movie, check out "Year of the Dog," which is similarly non-mainstream and somewhat edgier/better.