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F |
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| Story: |
D |
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| Acting: |
C |
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| Direction: |
D- |
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D+ |
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Lou Reed was right.
by leavme (movies profile)
Apr 14, 2008
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83 people found this review helpful
What could have been an amazing story of a cult figure has turned into something completely artificial and outright false.
Factory Girl has a number of problems. The script is incredibly weak. Many of the stories from Edie's life are either complete lies or taken completely out of context. Edie was not a victim of these men. She was already a wildchild by the time she left for New York City. She was doing drugs. Everyone was. What makes Edie Sedgwick so interesting is that she was the poor little rich girl by her own mistakes. She was terribly self-destructive and yet so beautiful and promising, and that creates the interest surrounding her life.
The acting is atrocious. Sienna Miller's crying hardly seems real. Scrunching up your face does not make me think you're crying. Crying actual tears does the trick. Hayden Christensen is absolutely ridiculous. He tries to be Bob Dylan and he comes off as such a douche. Guy Pearce's Andy Warhol is flawed from the moment he sees Edie. He wasn't that obvious when it came to people and the film makes it seem like he had a crush on her.
Unlike Marie Antoinette, Factory Girl's visuals do not make the movie worthwhile. What could have been a decadent experience in terms of the fashion, music and surroundings of Pop turned out to be mundane and very contrived.
The only part of the film I enjoyed was the credits. This is because we hear the people who are speaking about Edie, the ones who truly knew her. We are shown pictures of the real Edie with her smile that sparkled. Although I didn't enjoy Sienna Miller's performance of Edie, it's hard to hold it against her. Edie was a star that shown so brightly that it's hard to capture her charm.
A complete and utter disappointment. |
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