‘Girl Picture’ Film Review: Finnish Coming-of-Age Film Captures the Mood of Teenage Life
thewrap.comHuji filter, with music-video aesthetics and styling (consider Mimmi’s sleek, bleached eyebrows, for instance). But the screenplay by Daniela Hakulinen and Ilona Ahti is full of nuance and room to breathe.
These girls are figuring out who they are, and the script is smart enough to know they won’t have answers to those questions after the third Friday night.The girls’ conversations feel open and earnest, their jokes smug and immature the way only teens’ jokes are. “I’d rather watch a live-action Disney film than go to a party in the suburbs,” Mimmi threatens at one point.
But their lives feel real and respected, their relationships — especially the queer one between Mimmi and Emma — are not played for titillation or brownie points.
There’s a sensitivity to Alli Haapasalo’s direction that imbues the film with a rich empathy.All three leads are more than competent and capable, each bringing a distinctive sense of character to their performance.
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