Teenage film with surprising depth
Big Girls Don't Cry review
By
ThomasKus from Gloucester
- 26
- 10
17th January 2004
Although this looks superficially like another film for and about teenage angst it stands out from the crowd for a number of reasons.
Kati and Steffi are two long timne friends who live a normal teenage life in Berlin. But life is about to deal a few surprises and through crisis situations both girls change and grow up in their own ways, a sometimes painful and dififcult process.
I particularly liked the depth that all main characters brought to their roles, the realistic and belivable story, the quality of acting and the thoguhtful but never overpowering soundtrack. No happy endings but a hopful one! It is not a family film as such but would certainly be suitable for teenagers to watch with their friends or - dare I suggest it - with their parents.
The DVD contains afew extras that are worth exploring but nothing really special.
Overall a little gem of a film that is well worth watching!
