Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Majorthebys Charming and brutal

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Neil Welch In 1970s San Francisco, Minnie is the 15 year old daughter of a loser mother, a would-be cartoonist, and beginning to explore her sexuality, which she chooses to do with her mother's equally loser boyfriend (and others).Based on a graphic novel, this film is well played by Kristen Wiig as the mother, and with a particularly courageous performance (by which, as usual, I mean featuring a lot of nudity and simulated sex) from English Bel Powley. It's not just courageous, it's a good performance.The problem, for me, was that the film didn't actually have much to say. OK, let's be controversial by making her 15 (Powley was 22 when making the film, but convinces as a sexually precocious 15-year old), but then they did nothing with that. It could have explored the issue of the age of consent: it didn't. Instead, the main plot dynamic was when and how drug-addled Mom would find out, and that wasn't really enough to sustain the movie.I quite liked the performances and the stylish direction, but I wanted more meat on the bones.

Jeneral28 You are definitely watching 102 minutes of child abuse. In many scenes it's portrayed graphically, but from beginning to end child abuse makes up the content of the story. To Bel Powley: Why no teenage girls need to see a movie where there's underage sex and sexual assault? Where they see you small ugly good for nothing breasts and bum and almost shots of your vulva? What will that to to the British female teenage group? Do you know? It will encourage them to do what you and your character did on screen. And then the government will have to try to stop it as well as society.We do not need film to educate us on how to love yourself, especially not after having sexual activity which is punishable by crime. We do not need a film to see your small, not sexy body or you to proclaim it is a taboo subject (there's so many ways to understand puberty and sex nowadays). We we do not need to say hey! See this film by bluffing your way or saying the film agencies rate it too high. It is just another "Fifty Shades of rape" film.

Michael O'Keefe Writer-director Marielle Heller gives us an almost voyeuristic look at a teen looking for self discovery. Minnie (Bel Powley) has no real self assurances, but finds her sexuality beginning to be a portal for her deeper discovery. She finds something in viewing herself in the mirror, but what would it feel like to have a lover's touch? Her artwork allows her to reach out to a female comic-creator (Susannah Schulman), and she records thoughts in her diary. She is desperate to share her experiences with someone in order to actually understand herself. Her friend, Kimmie (Madeline Waters), shares the adventure into sexuality. To boost her own sexual experience, Minne enters an affair with her mother's 35 yr-old boyfriend (Alexander Kkarsgard). Minnie is impulsive and craves sex; she has much to provide to pages of her diary.This movie earns its R rating with strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and raw language. I found it worth watching more than once. A mood elevating soundtrack features: Mott The Hoople, T. Rex and the Dwight Twilley Band.Also in the cast: Kristen Wiig, Miranda Bailey, Abby Wait, John Parsons and Carson D. Mell.

Adelaide Somers I came into this film with little to no indication about its source material or the tones it would present me with. I can now say I am eagerly going in search of the graphic novel that this film is based off. Firstly I want to talk about the cinematography for this feature, it is truly breathtaking in some scenes. I myself hope to become a cinematographer and looking at the care and clear passion put in by all crew, the shots all looked beautiful and breathed soul. The warm colours that reminds us of the 70's era were subtle enough to bring us into the films setting whilst not feeling too jarring or distracting.The animation was well used and superb, they were utilized to their fullest, almost as characters themselves, driving the story on- wards. Minnie was also very likable despite her very quirky and almost unrelatable behavior, however it was so refreshing to see a coming of age film really explore female sexuality and what love means to young women. Whether all of us can relate to the severity of her emotions and desires is irrelevant, we all have a bit of Minnie in us when it comes to growing up and that's what keeps you watching throughout the more graphic sex scenes. The rest of the cast including the important Monroe were also stellar, fantastic seeing Kristen Wiig in a more serious and layered roll as Minnie's mother. Monroe was also more complicated than your standard forbidden lover, he seemed to have a deep loneliness throughout the film that could be seen between his sexual aggression that really made you wonder how bad the whole situation was. I am sorry I can't go more in depth however this is best experienced than explained. Everyone will take something from this film, whether it be the messages about love and dependence or about appreciating the struggles we all go through as teenagers that seem so small now. I loved this movie, may not be to everyone's tastes but I thought it was a loving, engaging and overall beautiful film.