Ginger & Rosa

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Leo F @MagicHappens Aug 3, 2026 Ginger & Rosa boasts a terrific cast—Elle Fanning, Annette Bening, Christina Hendricks, and Alessandro Nivola—but never quite comes together. The movie feels like hitchhiking: it picks you up, takes you partway, then drops you off before you reach your destination. I kept waiting for the story to build into something, especially with the Cuban Missile Crisis looming in the background, but it never did. The ending leans into melodrama, yet most of the characters feel underdeveloped, making the emotional payoff fall flat. Elle Fanning is excellent, but Rosa is surprisingly underwritten. I was also uncomfortable with how often the film seemed to place its very young actresses in compromising situations. A talented cast, but ultimately an unsatisfying journey. See more Mary S @Downunder Nov 16, 2025 I watched the movie and reflected on the story line. The story line is centred around to two teenager both from dysfunctional family life in tthe early 1960s in Britain. Observing the characters they all used their negativity to create this constant dark sky . Which impacted on the teenagers view of THEIR WORLD. There were many adults in the room WHO NEVER ACCEPTED being their responsibilities, the father of Ginger was a NARCASSISS, a man who was self centred predator. He in turn poisoned the friendship of ROSA AND GINA. Mary Sydney Australia See more Alain E @AlainE May 15, 2025 The first 20 minutes are totally aimless. I gave up. I mean we all wake up, eat breakfast, brush our teeth and drive to work. Would you like to watch the footage as a movie? See more The Great John A @RT46431815 Nov 7, 2023 Wow what a film!! I was transfixed with the Elle fanning in this! By far her best role over The Great. Only thing I would nitpick about is the fact that Rosa hasn't really got a big role in this and I would of liked to seen a bit more of her throughout. But this a undeniable tour de force I would watch this over moonlight anyday! (don't come to my house moonlight fans I have a purpose in this society) Rank: A See more of my reviews, I would appreciate it. See more John O @ThreeRivers Jun 16, 2021 Whatever does not kill you makes you stronger? The frog and the scorpion, who can be no other than destructive and self-destructive? Hiroshima, mon amour -- as the backdrop is the early '60s and the threat of nuclear annihilation? It starts as an almost innocuous coming of age bit, with two smart Brit teens, friends forever, obsessing on boys and parties, even hitchhiking, all bras and clothes and makeup, and absent or distant parents. Then boom, it's a parade of the iconoclastic, as the amazingly young for that much skill Elle fights the inner battle of betrayal by the friend and her once-in-prison-for-pacifism dad whom she calls by his first name and who sees family and God as passe. The cast is to die for, Elle, Christina, Allesandro, Oliver, Spall, Annette, and newcomer Englert, all in one climactic scene near the end. Elle's relationship with her best friend ended over an affair with Elle's dad. As Elle processes the world revealing itself to her more and more, and gets more hurt and sad, a couple of scenes show her reaction with just one tear rolling down her face. But she tries to adjust through her poetry. Her friend begs her forgiveness. Her poem says the main thing is you survive, and there is nothing to forgive her for (the scorpion had to kill the frog?), yet she ends the poem, but I forgive you anyway. Elle's anti-bomb work helps her stand for the human race and the planet. The deeper questions arise from relationships, betrayals, a suicide attempt, and what we feel and do about it. Very well done. Elle is such a star, and this was nine years ago. See more r 9 @RT00952237 Sep 7, 2020 Very finely acted, but 'Ginger & Rosa' ends up being something that wouldn't look out of place on 'EastEnders'. I'll start with the positives. The cast are terrific. Elle Fanning (Ginger) and Alice Englert (Rosa) are very good together, both impress. Alessandro Nivola gives a strong performance also. Away from them, I really enjoy how it's all filmed visually. The plot, meanwhile, isn't the greatest. It builds up fairly nicely, though unfortunately concludes in more soap opera fashion; just against a deafening backdrop of politics and war. It isn't anything particularly bad, I did enjoy it, but it definitely cheapens events a tad; especially as it feels like the filmmakers are aiming for something more deeper in meaning. I'd still say this is worth a watch, admittedly that's mainly thanks to Fanning & Co. See more Read all reviews

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