When I saw this film for the first time I was seventeen and the story of the main character I took so close that the next day I woke up with a temperature of 40 and a few days could not get out of bed.
After watching the film fifteen years later, the impression is completely different.
When I first saw it, it was a story of first love, misunderstanding, heartache and suffering, just a sea of suffering.
Now for me, this film has opened up as a story about one of the most powerful human fears - the fear of being rejected.
One of the main characters of Tory is so much afraid of being rejected by her family that she is ready to give up her love and any feelings that in her understanding do not correspond to the ideas of the ideal daughter. Although her mother clearly doesn’t care about her, as Tory herself, in one of her conversations with her roommates, mentions that her mother mocked her in front of her girlfriends and how unpleasant it was, she still loves her and how dependent she is on her approval. The child, on a subconscious level, craves maternal love and being rejected by the mother is the greatest fear for any child. And seeing a mother guided by the opinions of others, it is impossible for the Tories to be in a socially disapproved relationship. Therefore, she does not want, or rather cannot lose her family and her affection.
The main character of Paulie by chance was in the place of a man whose fear of rejection was realized. She is rejected by a loved one, the only one who truly loved her, she is rejected by society - the girls behind her laugh, whisper. She is, of course, supported by Mary's friend and teacher, but this support is not enough. Her biggest refusal was a letter from her mother. Her mother rejected her for the first time immediately after birth and for the second time refused to see her or even communicate with her. Perhaps if the letter had a positive answer, the story would have ended differently, but...
The third heroine is Mouse Mary, a new girl and a neighbor of Tori and Paulie. Mary is very shy, quiet, vulnerable. Three years ago, she buried her mother, with whom she was very close and whose loss she could not bear. Mary is kind of rejected by her mother, because she left her alone in this world. The attachment to the mother and the desire to maintain a kind of connection with her is shown in the voluntary work of the girl in the garden. She and her mother spent a lot of time planting and caring for plants. Mary's main fear is to forget her mother's face and lose her forever, to get lost in the darkness. But a mother’s love for her daughter is so strong that even after she dies, she helps her not to become lost and mad (literal translation of the title of the film), as it became with Paulie.
One of the main themes of the film is maternal love. The love you need. Love is cruel and ruthless. Love is real and healing. In the end, all we need is love.
For me, the film is multifaceted and multi-layered, and how good wine unfolds over the years.
In the film perfectly selected actresses, a wonderful picture. That's over the pluses. Initially, I watched this film with high hopes, but the film disappointed.
The main character has obvious mental health problems, aggression, etc., but no one in the boarding school considered it necessary to provide psychological help, unhealthy things (I do not specify, since the spoiler) are romanticized.
Also Polly does not follow the banal rules of active consent, outing her friend (who, due to problems with her parents, can not open), and if it was presented as something bad, I would not say a word, but it shows how right and healthy behavior.
Polly literally perceives the girl as an object, and the heroine, who does not open to homophobic parents, shows not enough “brave” and “courageous”. While Polly's unhealthy, disrespectful, and aggressive behavior (which can be understood but not encouraged) shows how heroic.
The ending of the film made it even worse, sympathetic to the lesbians and bisexuals of 2001, thank you for the representation, can there be something about healthy relationships now or at least the problem of unhealthy ones?
It’s a beautiful film, it touches on very interesting issues in human relations. Love has no boundaries, no limits by age, race, sex, time, distance, religion, traditions and customs.
First love is always amazing in everyone’s life. First true feelings, first kiss, first sex. This makes a lasting impression on the whole life of a person and will greatly affect future relationships.
There is nothing more beautiful than living your whole life with your first love. This is often impossible for thousands of reasons beyond our control.
First love is naive, like the main character of the film. She did the right thing for her love, for the opportunity to be with her lover. It was very touching when she challenged the guy to a duel and fought him for his love. Deserving of respect!
It is a pity that the days when it was necessary to fight for the heart of girls in honest knightly battles are gone. Lori was very good at achieving love, she became stronger, engaged in fencing, saved the life of a bird!
I'm so sorry she gave up. Death is defeat. It's a mistake. Suicide is the worst thing a man can do. I would like her to continue to develop, improve and show and prove her love to Tory.
Tori is stupid. She cares about the opinions of others, she is too dependent on their opinions. It's a dead end. Let people say what they want. Let them think what they want, do what they want.
The main thing in life is to go your own way of perfection, development and struggle for love. Choose your life companions consciously to love once and for life.
For me, this is an important film, important and, in my opinion, very personal. Back in 2001, he made a huge impression on me. The main thing that this movie catches and makes you return to it with regular periodicity is a frank and understandable idea of the need to strive for honesty in life. To strive, for the sincerity which Perabeau so faithfully plays, can only be achieved by one who learns it from early childhood.
First love movies are always exciting to me. And the more you experience together in the characters, the more remains in you after watching. I have sympathy for the heroes of this picture. They are realistic and tangible.
I recently recommended this movie to friends as a must-see for a 14-year-old. I'm a little wary of asking if they took my advice. I'll show my kids how they grow up.
If you love a movie about love, watch it. The film does not let go from the first to the last moment, stamps, inconsistencies and all that much, but they fly unnoticed. It’s one of three movies that travel from laptop to laptop and I can watch from anywhere and in any condition.
Best role of Misha Barton (not all of her filmography was reviewed, but still), soundtrack and camera. It is a pity that her character, Mouse, was not refined and became the key in the film, as in the book, it would give additional overtones to the plot. Piper Perabo became an actress for life.
In a closed school, in the nest of youth, life is seen downward. You read Shakespeare and you take him seriously. They swear to you, “You will fly!” And you believe, until you frown. The heart beats so hard that there is a noise in the ears. And love - one for the whole world - fills all the free space. From heaven to earth, it's just her. Covers the wings with air, and the lungs with a scream.
Of course, not everyone has it, not everyone. Someone, like a mouse, is afraid to stick his nose out of a hole, but listens and notices; someone, like a greenhouse flower, is too attached to the ground in which he grew up; most, like mockingbirds, repeat phrases picked up somewhere, not daring (or even especially unwilling) to find their own voice in the throat. And all of them are lost in the abyss of self-identification, left by parents at the mercy of growing up a girl in checkered skirts.
Like The Great Gatsby, this story is told in the first person, but with a completely disinterested face: Mary's quietness occupies a nearby bunk with Polly and Tory, whose sighs at night very soon cease to be ambiguous. What happens under the state sheets, it is difficult to call the intrigue of the narrative: scene 16+ is unashamedly located in the first thirty minutes, quickly giving way to a sudden bitter “morning after” and the tragic collapse of the crystal dome, under which the heroines were hiding from the surrounding world. Here and raises the head of the eternal conflict, first (oh, how acute!) experienced in youth. Do you dare, proudly and publicly, to declare who you are? Take the heart out of your chest and let everyone passing by watch contemptuously as it flinches and hurts.
The courage of Pollyn, substituting herself to scolding glances and sandpaper whispers of condemnation, should only be envied. And even though in many ways her behavior seems inappropriate and pathetic (Well, who would think to come to the library with rapier, kneel in front of a roommate and swear to defend her honor in a duel?), there is no doubt about the sincerity of overflowing emotions. Piper Perabo played her character as if she could throw off ten years of life experience and return to where everything seemed exaggeratedly bright. Where each step was a choice between life and death, and each breath was permeated with needles of unbearable sensations. Where the universe ended with this school and this forest - and the Tory climbing not under the blanket but under the skin. “Will you leave me to vegetate in this world?” cries Pauline in the words of Cleopatra. Cries anger at classmates who at this moment think only about lunch or their inept friends; cries anger at the teacher, who only helplessly spreads her hands and offers “qualified help”; cries love for the one who turned away from her. "Without you, there's a pig barn here!"
Furious, ready-made Pollyn is shown through the prism of pale eyes of the “gray mouse” Mary. Why it was necessary to shift the focus of the narrative to this sluggish, lifeless creature is unclear. If the director wanted to show all the diversity of characters and relationships in a closed women's school, it was worth more thorough to prescribe the characters. Mary, despite being a storyteller, looks like a simpleton. Where the creators tried to portray her as thoughtful and modest in a good way, she simply merges with the wallpaper; where the plot shows her courage and independence, she does not inspire at all. Victoria, Pollyn's beloved, is illuminated by the author's attention and even less. The only quality she exhibits throughout the film is her fear of being judged by society, which pushes her down the beaten track – away from her mad girlfriend. What the girl hides behind the phrase “You do not understand!”, why she strangles her feelings – one can only guess about it. Static, inexpressive game of Misha Barton and Jessica Pare is lost against the background of flaming emotions Perabo, and according to the script, the image of Pollin is given much more screen time.
Like the language of flame, it “ignites” the narrative from the very beginning: turns a regular ball into a cheerful feast, unceremoniously smokes on the school grounds, daring in the presence of teachers. All eyes are on her, either in fear or in anticipation. While the viewer is charged with her crazy energy, there is an unobtrusive disclosure of the backstory: the mother left in the hospital, the adoptive parents smudged into a closed boarding school... Pollyn, perhaps, more than other girls is torn from the family, alone, and therefore it is no coincidence (albeit rather simple) her connection with a wounded falcon found in the woods. By nature, a bird of prey, created to soar proudly in the sky, is nailed to the ground. In hopelessness, a rushing look, a complaining, goosebumping cry ...
I refuse to be
In the bedlam of inhumans
Somewhere in the midst of a clunky script, predictable plot twists and pathetic gestures, Piper Perabo caught that high, sharp note of sincerity that cramps her face. Standing on the edge of the roof is like a mute question: up or down? . .
And the heart of a wild falcon rips from the chest, knowing the answer.
If I had seen this movie 4 years ago, I would have loved it. After all, at 16 you better understand what love is. And as I watched, I was nostalgic for the same feelings, remembering how it was for me and sad because it was in the past. I thought if I didn’t have a family like Polly, I would have done something to myself.
I didn't like Polly, too pretentious and theatrical, as I've seen. But it is a pity for a person who is left alone with himself and who has nowhere to wait for help. She was screaming and everyone around her knew about her tragedy. But the trouble is that the pleas of a 16-year-old are not taken seriously.
But the fact that you have passed your difficult age and did not jump off the roof like a hawk, does not prepare everyone else to guarantee that they will be able to “do everything right.”
What I didn't like most was Mouse. This name accurately reflects her character. Some sour milk, as she said. She sees a person’s life collapsing and the only thing she can say is, “Are you okay?” God, I don’t know how to be so indifferent!
In general, I plunged into this sensual atmosphere and now the soul is easy and clear.
7 out of 10
Before watching the film, I read so many nasty and sarcastic words about the film itself, the acting of actresses and the behavior of the main characters. I admit, I even wanted to skip this movie and find something more suitable, but is all the reviews about the film correct? But still something pushed me and I clicked on the play.
The first few minutes of the movie may seem boring. Let me tell you right away that this film is not for everyone to see. Then the real drama really unfolds: two heroines in love with each other, naked in bed and then they are caught by the sister of one of the girls. One of the main characters, for the sake of general peace, decides to give up the love of her friend and hurts her with her words and deeds.
But what does Polly (the main character) do to regain her beloved. . .
Anyone who writes that they were annoyed by Polly and her actions throughout the film, they simply do not know what it means to love. Man did everything possible and impossible. You could say she was even going crazy. I really felt sorry for her, but I had a lot to respect! Polly didn’t give up until the last moment, she didn’t care about other people’s opinions.
Well, I think this movie is suitable for solo viewing. It has a lot to think about. I recommend the film only to those who are looking for deep meaning and accept all the actions committed by love.
To be honest, the film didn’t catch me. Which is quite strange, because I'm only 16, and sometimes it's really funny to transfer from the post of Soviet brick schools, dirty canteens and torn "jeans-cads" in the world of old boarding houses, more like locks, shaped skirts in a fold, perfectly trimmed lawns and kind gardeners. And I wouldn’t even write a review if I didn’t see so many praises for young actresses. Dear viewers, are you kidding me? This is probably the worst lead role I’ve seen. The performance of all three roles. It is nightmarish, horrible, ugly and shamelessly overplayed. It's just a twist on human emotions. Especially when the plot is supposed to weep or portray sadness. And even the operator shoots it in all possible angles from all angles. I don’t know how good these girls are in other genres, but drama isn’t for them. And a person who has seen a lot of films with good actors will never call them talented.
As for the story, the idea is very interesting. But in general, the film is about everything at once and nothing in particular. All three characters were underrevealed and underdeveloped.
First, Polly often used the phrase “I wish I had no gender.” He's got so many problems. Come on. Such stories happen all the time and with couples “boy-girl”. Paul had nothing to do with this. I don't understand Tory. Her excuse about family, religion, etc. sounds more like an excuse. If she prefers her family to the love of her life, then this is not love.
Second, I didn’t feel the inner struggle that was supposed to be going on inside the Tories. (how is that, since the poor thing “has to be separated from the person she says she loves most in her life”)
Thirdly, I did not see the subtle experiences and emotions that should have shown me grief-stricken Polly and worried for her friend little Mary. And by the way, Mary herself. I didn’t understand why she was here or what she was doing there, except to lower her eyes and utter her name.
And at the end, in the fourth, I didn't see the most important thing - LOVE. This is not a film about love, this is a film about universal stupidity, which the world has not seen.
But anyway, the plot wouldn't have spoiled the film if we had Dakota Fanning and Ellen Page in the lead roles, and put the director out of all of Polly's cheap, pompous speeches. That would be a good thing.
But in such a genre as drama, and the film belongs to the full extent, very, very much depends on the actors. Therefore
The movie is amazing. It is flawless in that it is very clear, accessible and openly shown feelings, the main of which is love, the mad thirst for love. It does not even matter, in my opinion, that this love between girls, although it is this kind of love that lays its imprint on the whole plot. Here is the love between man and man, one of whom needs it more than air.
I have long missed a film with strong emotions. Of course, thank you very much for Piper Perabo’s wonderful performance, because I haven’t seen such an expression in a long time. This is exactly the behavior that is inherent in a person who is at the peak of his feelings and emotions.
When I watch movies, I often see myself as a hero. In the sense that I compare their actions to the possible ones of mine in the same situation. In You Can't Be Caught, Pauline was the closest thing to me, because she went to madness in her love, she even went beyond extremes. My question was, could I do the same? I was struck by the powerful amplitude of her actions: delegations, provocations, screams, breakdowns, sensitivity and tenderness. And on the other side was Tori: very loving, but forced to fear her own love for Pauline in front of other people. And again, the question is, what would I do if there were Tory? Would you care about everyone, parents, classmates, acquaintances, and completely and without fear love or not? And I don't know the answer to any of those questions. It drives me crazy. And that’s why the film made a huge impression.
It seems to me that it is definitely worth watching, in any case it is impossible to remain indifferent here.
9.5 out of 10
I don’t know why I decided to watch this movie and I watched it with interest. And yes, remember those lines from the song - without you I'm nothing.
People do not understand their true needs and suffer because of some kind of pseudo-love, especially in youth. Sometimes it ends tragically. I'm not a cynic, I just believe in true love that doesn't depend on sensuality.
"When she's old, I'll carry her in my arms" is really love. These are the words of Polly, the most bright and sincere heroine of the film, about her mother, with whom she spent only the first day of her life, and then was separated from her by the guardianship authorities.
In general, Polly is a tomboy girl who did not know maternal affection. She didn't know what it was like when your mom puts you in her chest and you just KNOW you're loved, you feel protected. Tori is the first person to show her some semblance of love and affection. In the form of sensuality. And Polly, who knew nothing higher in her life, but with sexuality already awakened, greedily seized on this semblance of love, began to live it and breathe it.
Her vulnerable heart had not yet had time to become overgrown with a shell, and was therefore broken by two blows: the betrayal of the object of passion and the renunciation of her mother. Yes, as one of the reviewers said well, she discovered the despair of the words “nobody” and “never”. It was a shock. Her soul was cut off by a wing and she could no longer rise high. There was only one hope - to fly far, far away, along with the falcon, which she came out. The moments when a girl communicates with a bird, for some reason, are especially heartbreaking, causing tears. Because, by the way, this is love!
Betrayal could be survived, ill, closed, overgrown with armor. In twenty years, you will become a sane person and just realize that such a problem no longer exists, and maybe never existed. But this is the case where the despair was stronger. Sadly, it happens.
': Love is there. It's just there and nothing can drive her away because she's the only reason we're here. It's the highest point and when you're there, you look at everyone from above and you're there forever, because if you move. You'll fall. You'll fall...'
The only film so unique in its genre, perhaps the best and wisest that I could see.
It takes place in a boarding school where there are no bans, no parents, a house of abandoned girls, it is here that two loving hearts were destined to meet. Pauline and Victoria found each other and were able to open up, understand and accept each other, they were truly happy together. I've always accepted same-sex love, but it still seemed to me that these people are more comfortable with their feelings, and if they break up, they can find a replacement, but Polly radically changed my idea of homosexual feelings. This girl stood to the end for her feelings and was ready to pay for them with her life. And now I can confidently say that love, in all its manifestations, is worthy of existence and cannot be ashamed.
Mary B (Fearless 'Mouse') is a hero-resonator, we look at what is happening through her eyes, which makes this work even more extraordinary. Misha Barton did a great job in her role. She was able to recede into the background in a way that was then appropriate everywhere, so as to connect the students of the school, Tori and Polly, the latter is a great actress, from now on and forever she will remain in my memory as a fighter, a hero, as a girl who stands for justice to the end, even when it seems to us that there is no point in fighting. Polly is the embodiment of nobility and beauty, the rightness of feelings, and she fights for them until her death.
I will close with a request, love and not be ashamed of your feelings. Let Polly be your example and encouragement. A movie worth watching. When you are in the wrong place at the wrong time.
10 out of 10
A beautiful, colorful, very romantic, poetic and of course sad story about a wonderful, pure love between two girls. The first real, serious feelings, the first real, all-consuming passion, the first fear, the first betrayal, the first pain and rage.
Denying the problem. Denial of self. But in spite of everything and in spite of everything - love.
Carried through all suffering, through trials and resentments. True, pure love.
And to hell with everything else. Love has no gender and no orientation.
And it is very, very sad when in such difficult moments, there is no one around who could support, explain, advise.
Some things are a little naive. But this, in general, does not spoil the picture. Sometimes, you really feel for girls. Especially Polly. A beautiful, very brave girl, with a pure heart and a strong character.
And the end, so ambiguous and, like the whole film, poetic.
Romantics will believe in a wonderful transformation.
Pragmatists just sadly shake their heads, realizing that this is death.
But no one, I think, will remain indifferent.
Excellent directorial work and just a delightful acting. Piper Perabo applauds standing up.
I recommend to all romantics and everyone who knows this feeling - love.
9 out of 10
Get rid of stereotypes. And then no one will catch you.
“Am I going to stay in this world that is boring without you like a barn?”
The boarding school is the place of lost girls. “Long live the rebellion!” is the hymn that comes from their lips. This is where a new girl, Mary, comes in. Quiet, calm, she has not yet fully recovered from the death of her mother and the fact that her father no longer cares about her. She is placed in the same room with two extraordinary girls - Pauly and Tori (whose teachers did not want them to live "only together"... After all, it seems that they are not just friendship). After meeting these two, Mary understands what it means to really have fun, to do what she wants, to say out loud what she was afraid to admit.
"Mouse." That's what everyone calls me.
- I would rather call you a moron than a mouse.
Mary quickly made friends in the faces of these two girls. After meeting these two, she understands what it means to really have fun, to do what you want, to say out loud what even in my mind was afraid to admit.
Although I’m not a fan of explicit scenes between members of the same sex, it’s in this film that I think I can say for the first time that “it looks great.” Perhaps it is the merit of the director, or Piper Perabo. With her by, for me personally, even the beautiful star Misha Barton is dim. Suffice it to recall the scene in class, when the hero Piper – Paulie, talks about what Love is for her. And the episode of crying Paulie just struck me - every facial movement, facial expressions are imbued with changing emotions of pain, sadness, pleasant memories that there were wounds, anguish, hopelessness. Played perfectly. By the way, I want to note that before this film, although I was condescending to same-sex couples, still a note of negativity was traced in my attitude to this, after the film I can firmly say “any manifestation of love is worthy of existence!”
The film is about growing up, difficult times, about the price of real love, the one that is not afraid of any monsters-stereotypes of public consciousness, and about how important or not important is the opinion of others, about the education of feelings, about courage, and about how hard it is to be “lost” and live without the warmth and light of someone who could warm in the darkness. I also really like the music in the movie. Now this is one of the “memorable” films for me, made me think and feel.
10 out of 10
This movie is probably the best I’ve seen. Simply because it is something heartbreaking, strong, truthful and profound.
This is a love story . But not exactly lesbian. It is rather the story of a girl who is lost and alone, a girl who has not been given love, who has neither a mother nor a father. And so she clings to the only person who ever loved her. And that person is her roommate. You can’t say that Polly is a lesbian because it’s hard to tell at that age. And why find out and label it? What matters is that Polly fights for her feelings and for society to accept her for who she is. She's a very brave girl. Not for nothing in the film, her character is identified with a falcon - a free and wild bird. Polly is just as wild and free of all accepted norms and stupid boundaries. With her flight, she proves that a person cannot be put in a cage and made to be like everyone else. After all, not all of us are incubators, and we are all different. And heterosexuality is not a defect or a disease, not a mental or physical disorder. They love people, not gender. So “You will not catch up” (and it will be more correct “Lost and Mad”) is an acutely social, and therefore a necessary film.
What does it matter what people think of you?
- It depends on how much they pay you.
This is not the traditional aspect of any movie. The acting job really turned out crazy in the best sense.
Misha Barton, whom I know from Lonely Hearts, but have never seen her in the case, finally showed me that she exists. I was impressed with her performance. Mary Brave, a girl desperate for her father. And he took her to a private boarding house and doesn't even visit her. All the experiences Barton very sincerely conveyed on the screen. I believed her.
Jessica Pare also very talentedly conveyed the image of a cowardly, dependent on the opinions of others, and again a lost young girl.
And Piper Perabo. God! What an unexpected performance this actress gave me! After this role, I firmly convinced that she is an actress with a capital letter. I never thought Perabo could be so talented in drama. Sweetie in "Despicable Coyote Bar," weird and unconvincing in "Imagine Us Together" and here in "You Can't Be Caught" - stunning in her strength and the pain she passes through herself. I think she should have been given some kind of reward for the role. I personally admire her character. The apogee of living emotions Polly can be considered a very emotional monologue in a literature lesson:
"There is love!" It's just that there's nothing you said that can drive her away because she's the reason we're here. It's the highest point, and when you're there, you look at everyone from above and you're there forever. Because if you move, you fall. You will fall.
So if you dig deeper into this picture (and this must be done), you will see not the unhappy love of two girls, but a lonely soul who did not receive mother’s care and love, because she does not understand what love is and how everything should be. She throws herself into the feelings that another girl evokes in her, but she stubbornly rejects her out of fear of her “right, religious” parents.
I think our problem is that we use the term “normal” too often. We are so worried about who is normal and who is not. So why are gays and lesbians perceived as “not normal” in society? Why, after overcoming racial discrimination (and overcoming it at all?), does homophobia flourish? Why are black people the same and gays the same? We live in a society of double standards and double truths. The two truths contradict each other. This is the hypocrisy of our time.
I think we need to think about what society is doing to people like this. Many people are already broken by our actions with you. A society that imposes its own fundamentally wrong truth on us, trying to make us all carved according to the same pattern.
So thank you to this film and everyone who worked on it for raising such important issues. As long as there are movies like this, the world is still alive. Which means it's normal.
"I think people who lie to themselves need help."
I came across Lost & Delirious by accident. I decided to watch this movie after reading the description. Not because of the script or the actors, but because of the unusualness of the film. Honestly, I didn’t expect to see a masterpiece, but rather the opposite. But after watching, I was very pleasantly surprised, since this film can rightly be called a masterpiece of cinema. This film is not about lesbians, but about love. About true love, which does not always bring happiness, but on the contrary often gives pain. This film is not for everyone.
It is only for those who have ever truly loved, who have known pain. The pain that cannot be quenched, that burns your heart. Which, even after many years, will not be forgotten, and will leave a scar in the soul for life. Unfortunately, not all love stories end with happy endings. That’s the kind of love this movie is about. This is one of those movies that you do not just watch, but live with the main characters. For me, this film is the best in the genre of drama or rather melodrama.
10 out of 10
P.S. Don’t be harsh, this is my first film review.
Dance. That’s the first thing you want to do when the movie ends and the magic melody begins. Spontaneous, free, sensual, falcon, for the lost and mad. That's how we're born. Feeling, trusting, not afraid. It is because we are all here for love, for joy, for pleasure, for being at the highest point.
Of course, the picture is not about love. The picture is about how to remain free in your desires, how not to be afraid of your feelings and accept yourself, how not to turn from a falcon into a tame bird in a cage, and of course, how to be happy.
Society, as a modern institution, drives us into frameworks and conventions. Living in accepted conventions, we begin to think that we must, we begin to live according to artificial schemes and rules alien to our soul, creating illusions of a happy life. Sometimes we are afraid to speak, live and even feel, just fearing that we will scare off with our free falcon predatory desire the tame bird that has already settled in us, hurt it, maybe even disturb the comfort that suits everyone, reminding ourselves that the world is not a cell, it is much wider and it is ours.
Some may think that Tori stopped loving Polly, but she loves, still loves, somewhere even guarding her feelings, even ineptly, hiding it deeply. She knew that the system would supplant them, she didn't want to fight with the rules, she decided to stop, because in the existing society-box, it's much safer to live as "should" or not. But it can't be that way. How can you live with love in your heart and hold it in your hand? It hurts so bad. Obviously, that's the only way she could survive. But Tory actually lost more than she gained. She lost herself, her spontaneous dance of love.
And Polly... She just decided to stay a falcon.
There is love. This is the reason for our existence, the top.
When you reach that peak and look down at other people, you want to stay there forever, because if you move, you fall.
You will fall.
A closed school for lost girls, similar to the tale of Peter Pan. Mary, whom her father's new wife decided to send away. Polly, whom her mother abandoned on the first day of her life. Tory, who is educated to take a worthy place in the interior of a family from high society. The thinker, the rebel and the conformist – they will live together a story that will change each of them forever.
Love is a complex substance, sometimes taking bizarre forms. Sometimes they are considered wrong in a conservative society. And people are strong or weak, capable of putting life at the feet of a loved one or ready to betray someone to whom they confessed their love yesterday. One loves, and the other allows himself to love, one does not care about the whole world, and the second can not go against public opinion. This is what happened in this story.
Mary’s mouse observes the incomprehensible feelings of her roommates, and then becomes a buffer between Tory, who fears the publicity of her relationship and renounces it, and Polly, who no longer cares, because the only value in her life is lost – her love. At the same time, she receives the first serious lessons of survival in the outside world and the formation of her own personality: Mary at the beginning of this story and in its finale are different characters. She saw that there was love, that there was pain, that there was betrayal, that there was sacrifice. How bizarrely these concepts can be intertwined in life, what different people are capable of under the pressure of circumstances, how the purest feeling can be trampled into the dirt and destroyed.
Beautiful film, excellent camera work, fascinating music. There's a lot of Shakespeare, genuine emotions, a heated atmosphere ... and a premonition of impending disaster. And despite the dramatic ending - a feeling of peace after watching.
8 out of 10
In an expensive private college for girls, lost in a lush prehistoric forest, sixteen-year-old students are taught everything from foreign languages to fencing. The only thing you can't teach them is how to hide the first feeling of love, especially when it's directed at your roommate. In one of these rooms live two high school girls – Paulie and Tory, to which a new girl, Mary, just told this story of love and betrayal, is moved.
Paulie, a girl with a difficult childhood, loves Tory, and she for the time being, for lack of choice, reciprocates. But when both of them are caught in bed by Tory’s younger sister, the problem of further well-being immediately arises. The sister does not want to understand anything and is ready to inform her parents about everything, who, if they find out, can leave her without any means of subsistence. Tory has a lot to lose. And if hopes for a bright future do not come true, is it better to send such love away? Tori quickly finds a boy, but Paulie can not and does not want to put up with treason.
Piper Perabo as Poly is overly exalted. Her lost and reckless heroine not only does not refuse her feelings, but, on the contrary, extols them in every possible way - to such an extent that she does not want to hear anyone and accept the prudent act of her girlfriend. As a result, the piquant theme of lesbian relationships fades into the background, giving way to stories about selfishness and jealousy. Paulie surrenders to the power of his fury and is ready to do anything to get her girlfriend back.
To maintain his non-modern heroine, the director spiritualizes the plot as much as possible: the girls study Shakespeare’s literature lessons, and Paulie begins to build his behavior in accordance with the texts of the English playwright and express himself with quotes from them: “What is the world for me?” When he's a pig without you. This partly explains the character of the heroine’s behavior, but does not justify her recklessness – the desire to “scribe everything” to love. It is clear that for movie plots, such a scenario is fertile ground, for vulnerable teenagers – alibis and insurance policies for all occasions, no matter what parents say.
But the greater the age difference between the viewer and the heroine, the less desire remains to sympathize with her. And the more I want to give it to her properly. To start thinking not only about myself, but at least about the same Tory.
The only thing that made me watch this film was the fact that Misha Barton was filmed there and I did not regret the time spent, although at first I did not think that the film would hook me so much, since the title immediately presented itself, something in the spirit of Tatu clips, but I was wrong. This is a film that makes you think that public opinion and our eternal “what others will think” can destroy not only true love, but also human life. A film that can turn the mind of any of you.
It should be noted that the main actors perfectly coped with the task set by them. Misha Barton, at such a young age, played such a difficult psychological role. And Jessica Pare and Piper Perabo played truthfully, making the viewer believe in their true love, although not quite.
Tory loved Polly, but she was very afraid of judging how people would perceive it and what they would say and think about her. She did not want to be known about them, so she lied to her sister about her attitude to Polly and asked her not to tell her parents, and her friends to tell her that she was not. She knew that she would never love anyone as much as she did, but nevertheless she decided that she could not continue to do so, because sooner or later everything would be revealed.
Mary (Misha Barton) or Mouse, as her friends and father called her, came to the boarding house recently. At first it was difficult for her, she experienced the death of her mother and suffered from the fact that her father did not pay her due attention. However, she tried to be strong and was helped by her new friends Tori and Polly. She lived in the same room with them and therefore unwittingly witnessed their relationship. When Tori broke up with Polly, Mary tried to measure them, she knew that they should be together, but could not do anything. She started spending more time with Polly because she needed a friend and support during this difficult period. Communication with Polly made her more confident, independent and courageous, she was no longer the mouse who came to the boarding school, she could calmly speak out, she did not want to return home, and she did not care how her father treated her.
Polly (Piper Perabo). She doesn’t consider herself or Tory lesbian: I’m just Polly who loves Tory. She's me. She's mine and I'm hers. And none of us are lesbians! Polly has a very complex character, she is stubborn, self-confident, desperate, she is not afraid to go to crazy things. But her main quality is her devotion, her ability to sincerely, truly love and cherish people dear to her.
10 out of 10
They do not fall in love with gender, but with a person.
A cute movie, an interesting idea based on the plot, pleasant actresses, a very young Misha Barton is funny, innocent. I think that those who are not mature should appreciate it if possible.
As for the composition of the script, in addition to people involved in technical moments and timid Misha successfully fit into the picture, Piper Perabo also liked it. Good looks, good play. Only at the end, too much masculinity and theatricality. Less impressed was her friend in this story, unforgettable features - seen and forgotten, somehow lost.
Speaking of the plot, perhaps I understood something in my own way, not quite as the creators of the drama thought they would show it. Who knows...
Lori is too stubborn and desperate with a naive hope of breaking the fears of her friend and a stupid Tori. Stupid not because she was afraid to confess her true love, but because she began to live exchanging, trying to please others and not disappoint her parents, being at the same time to whom she had almost nothing, trying to break herself.
Everything ended in this way, in my subjective opinion, not even because she lost love, but rather because everything put too much pressure on the heroine, forced her to get lost, deprived her of strength to go on.
There is a beautiful, powerful film “Soldier’s Girl”, about same-sex love, it describes the relationship of two men and their rejection by society leads to a tragic ending. Of course, there is little in common between these two tapes, and genre affiliation is different, but both show the essence of human one-sidedness.
Non-acceptance, condemnation by society of someone’s preferences just because they are not trivial can destroy someone’s life, make them hide the true self. Everyone, almost everyone, needs approval and understanding, and it's not just about sexual orientation.
I’ve seen the movie “You won’t catch up”, in my opinion it’s a stupid movie. I don’t even know what category of people is worth watching. It's clearly not for an adult, but it's not for a teenager. There is nothing in it that makes you want to see this movie. In the film, love is not traditional. Two girls, two roommates in love with each other.
I have a positive attitude towards people with a non-traditional orientation, but if I think it is love. The movie's tagline is "Friends. Roommates. Lovers." Love? Excuse me, what kind of love is that? Maximum passion and nothing more. Watching this movie, I lost only time. Sitting down to watch this movie, I wanted to see a beautiful film about unconventional love. But nothing special in the film, I do not recommend.
4 out of 10
