White Girl (2016)

Load of rubbish!!

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Blistering performances.

A young woman falls for a small time drug dealer who ends up in jail facing a long sentence. She has no money but needs 17 000 dollars to get a decent lawyer and pay a dealer back. How far will she go to get it? You have to go long along with the idea that she loves this man (that she just met) so much she'll do however many people it takes to get him out. Most of the film she is snorting coke and having sex but it is necessary for the context of the plot.This film is gritty and down right depressing but entertaining at the same time. Try and catch this one but be warned (or notified) that there are a few explicit scenes.

This movie makes an obvious "white privilege" statement. "White Girl" is both the brand of cocaine and the protagonist. Basically, white girls are dumb and naive. Their partying also destroys the lives of decent Latino drug dealers. If it wasn't for her he sure would be fine. And if it was a black girl she would never make any mistakes. Yes, SJWs I get your point.But luckily this obvious point just lets one roll our eyes and yet isn't pushed to hard so one can just watch the story.I don't think all the sex and drugs are supposed to shock the audience, they actually are supposed to look as part of everyday life that she chose which is can come off as dull for some. The movie goes by very fast though by showing all we need to see and not concentrating on character issues that are not part of the movie's present.The acting is great. I was very impressed by Morgan Saylor and Brian Marc who both let us understand the emotions of their characters without the movie introducing us to character depth. The supporting characters were also well done. Worth mentioning are Justin Bartha whom I didn't even recognize and Chris Noth whom I was exited to see, his facial performance is always perfect.The ending is great. I know that it is supposed to show her privilege as well, but it was a great idea of contrast.So all in all it was a decent movie worth watching.

'WHITE GIRL': Four Stars (Out of Five) An indie drama, written and directed by first time feature filmmaker Elizabeth Wood. It tells the story of a hard partying college student, in Queens, that falls for a local drug dealer. She then becomes obsessed with getting him out of prison, when he's busted for dealing drugs. The film stars Morgan Saylor, Brian 'Sene' Marc, Justin Bartha, India Menuez, Adrian Martinez and Chris Noth. It's received mostly positive reviews form critics, and I enjoyed it as well.Leah (Saylor) and Katie (Menuez) are two college students that move into an apartment building in Ridgewood, Queens together. Leah makes friends with the local drug dealers, and becomes especially attracted to a guy named Blue (Marc). She does a lot of partying with him, including excessive drug and alcohol use, and the two fall for each other hard. So when Blue is arrested, for dealing drugs, Leah decides she'll do almost anything to get him back (but she still can't stop partying).The film is full of explicit sex scenes, nudity and hard drug use. I found it to be pretty disturbing, especially the climax, but it's also a bizarrely fascinating movie. The two lead characters are both likable, and the actors playing them both do a really good job, but it's extremely depressing watching the two of them both continue to make foolish mistakes (I like to drink, but Leah is out of control in this film). It's hard to sit through, but it's definitely worth the watch.Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: https://youtu.be/_SLO5GYrmps

The entire time I was glued to this film, its pure drama. I cannot recommend this movie enough to my friends. Its a wild adventure of a girl on an extreme summer break, and it all feels too real. I hated this film in the best way because it made me feel something, every dimly lit second of it. Any white girl, aged 16-30 will probably love this film, even if the whole time you're screaming 'OH MY GOD why did she do that' This is a story of a girl who spends a summer thinking with her short term gains in mind, its all fun and games until it hits close to home. God damn I don't wanna give away too much into the story because its so good, but trigger warning, there is rape culture that comes with most dramas about sex and teenage girls with drugs and dealers.