![]() ![]() It would have suited the film to be a little bit shorter. At some points it meanders a little and several scenes could have been cut out without affecting the plot at all. The story is very simple, utilizing all the expected elements of the genre, but does manage to keep them fairly fresh, and the plot has sufficient twists to stay interesting, although most of them have only minor impact on later turns of events. A romance story is fired up right away as well, between Clary and this guy Jonathan with the cool sticky hair and silky British voice, and the two seem a little naive in that they don't pick up on each other's signals, but I guess that takes some life experience. Luckily, she runs into the right people first, and they teach her what she needs to know about tattoos and black outfits with buckled boots, and all that other stuff that makes you cool and adult. Clary, our protagonist, is littering the house with drawings of her womb, a clear sign that she's on the verge of Growing Up. It starts off like any other coming of age yarn. It's a teen film, primarily for chicks, but I'm having a cold and my wife isn't home, so perhaps I'm a little more sentimental than usual. ![]() ![]() I enjoyed this film although I'm in no ways its target audience. ![]()
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