Amanda

Gen Z Ennui Gets the New Deadpan Heroine It Deserves

Amanda hasn't done a lot of living in her 24 years. She's never had a job, a boyfriend, or even a friend. She doesn't fit in with her family - all of them pharmacists - even though she loves the clan's longtime housekeeper and she's got a real bond with her too-serious young niece. She's got a shitty apartment of her own, but it's outfitted with fancy furniture she seems to have pilfered from the family home a few blocks down the street. She goes to secret raves to pass the time, stands outside the local cinema in hopes of catching a glimpse of someone who might make for a reasonable pal, and has begun harboring a desire to free a horse from a local farm. [...]

di Kate Erbland, articolo completo (10453 caratteri spazi inclusi) su IndieWire 6 luglio 2023