computer-18108
There was nothing about this movie that wanted you to like or empathize with Harper and Allie. As more misfortune occurs to them you are simply wanting more bad things to happen to them just to make you get pulled into the story line -- a little! The gaps between the main actors lines were annoying at times. As if they were unsure of their lines or their cues. Good friends don't interact this wayThe best part of the story is when the Indian cab driver throws their a**es out of the car. That was realistic interaction with the cab driver.Best line of the movie delivered summed it up: "The Millennials are F**ked!"
geekerr
A superb movie about people and who they are and what the world is like for them.Reminiscent of James Joyce Ulysses, with all its complexities all the while , as if nothi8ng much is happening,but in fact full lives are being led Experiencing the wide rage of human experience and emotion, and the often seeming frustration futility of it all The film is extraordinarily well acted and directed portraying the characters in a realistic fashionIf you are looking for cheap easy money Hollywood sensationalism this isn't for you.The script was well written with many poignant moments. I look forward to what is produced by this director .The dynamic between the two actresses deserves recognition and is extremely difficult to capture . Most seem pretentious and strained but these two nailed it.
tigerfish50
'Fort Tilden' is the tale of a ten-mile road trip by a couple of tiresome Brooklyn trust fund brats, who head for the beach to hook up with a pair of charmless dudes. Their airhead odyssey consists of lame exchanges and minor fiascoes involving various acquaintances and strangers, so the adventure soon turns into a plodding marathon by bicycle, cab and foot. The 'heroines' are portrayed as spineless selfish simpletons, and although the film is clearly intended to be a comedy, it's short on laughs, wit or interest. The actresses struggle gamely with the pedestrian material, but their characters' feckless behavior and whiny griping leaves one hoping a truck will squash them into roadkill at every intersection. When they finally meet their romantic prospects on a gray windswept seashore, the encounter is just another flaccid flop in a series of screw-ups.
David Massey
If ever you wondered what happened to the 'valley girl' ethic, rest assured that it is alive and well in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Harper (Bridey Elliott) & Allie (Clare McNulty) are 20-something best friends whose parental affluence hasn't really required them to mature in the years since college. This comedy follows their ill-conceived attempt at being thrifty as they choose to bike (rather than taxi) across Brooklyn to a Rockaway Beach party. These are two of the most vapid and shallow characters ever portrayed as protagonists - they don't learn a thing as they spend hundreds of dollars during their 10 mile odyssey - and that's what's so funny. As for winning the SXSW Grand Jury Prize, I can totally see the comparisons with, festival darling, Lena Dunham's 'Girls' - which is a guilty pleasure of mine - but, where Dunham's wit and goofy characters coax empathy, the 'Fort Tilden' characters have no apparent redeeming qualities. I laughed a bit but this is no Patsy & Edina or Romy & Michele; I got more than my fill of Harper, Allie, and their equally self-centered world.
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