SnoopyStyle It's 1962 London. Ginger (Elle Fanning) gets fixated on the Cuban Missile Crisis, and is inseparable from her best friend Rosa (Alice Englert). She has a dysfunctional family. Her mother (Christina Hendricks) is disconnected from her daughter. And his father Roland (Alessandro Nivola) is completely disconnected with societal norms.Writer/director Sally Potter is using a minimalist approach to filmmaking. It is quite slow early on. It's actually tough to see the lack of connection and the naive talk. Elle Fanning is very compelling as the lost little girl. I do wish that the film could get going much faster. Once it gets going. Elle gives the best performance I've seen her done as an older performer.Every character is lost here. The fact that they're so adamant of their righteousness just elevates the frustration. The only person with a clue is the doctor at the jail. The family break down in the end is disturbing.

asc85 Elle Fanning gives another fantastic performance, and she is definitely an up and coming star. Unfortunately, her performance is wasted on a film where very, very little happens in almost an hour and a half. I'm not expecting to see "Iron Man" and cars blowing up, but I am expecting to see a storyline. This film reminded me of "The Holy Girl" from 2005, in that both films could have been perhaps 45 minutes in length, and that would have been more than enough time to tell the story without feeling rushed. I really try to use critic reviews on websites like MetaCritic for guidance on what to see, and when I see critics say how magnificent this film is, they really should be sued for malpractice.

johna may A Okay film from writer and director Sally Potter. Don't let the title fool you, this movie is about Ginger (played by the incredible Elle Fanning) much more then Rosa (played by Alice Englert). However, the great acting and great cinematography don't make up for the major problems in the screenplay. Ginger and Rosa are supposed to be childhood friends, but this isn't established very well in the exposition. The noticeable age difference between the lead actresses doesn't help either. Watch it for the Acting must of all, Maybe if Elle Fanning Wins an Oscar one day, this can be remembered as an early showcase of her talents.

StarSassy Even though the film had great acting, good cast, good script and all that for most of the film, it was very dull. In my opinion. It wasn't until 10 minutes before the end it started to pick up. The last 10 minutes was the best part out the film, the rest was OK but I did end up skipping some parts. The part where Ginger was crying and her mum was trying to get the truth out of her was probably the most emotional scene or when the mum attempted suicide. There should have been more emotional scenes, for instance, more drama between Ginger and Rosa's families. Just that extra thing would have made the film so much more interesting. Having said that, I prefer films with more emotion anyway, I don't know if this film was meant to based around that but I think it would have been a better film if it was.