Youth is wasted...
Born soon after WWII to mothers who were best friends, Ginger and Rosa have grown up together. As they reach their teenage years and the world reaches a crisis point (The Cuban Missile Crisis), their paths begin to diverge. This film could have easily been overly sentimental or melodramatic, but it is neither. It is unflinching in its ability to show the realness of hurt which is experienced by each character in the film, to one degree or another. The cast list is stuffed with great talents, but Elle Fanning (Super 8, Somewhere) stands out and continues to show herself to be very talented (more so than her older sister even).
Ginger & Rosa gets 4 out of 5 Poblanos!
Director: Sally Potter
Writer: Sally Potter
Starring: Elle Fanning,
Alice Englert,
Annette Bening, Christina Hendricks, Timothy Spall, Oliver Platt, Alessandro Nivola
Rotten Tomatoes: 79%
Metacritic: 69 out of 100
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