{"id":15284,"date":"2010-12-29T12:08:22","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T19:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15284"},"modified":"2021-06-04T18:39:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T01:39:17","slug":"girlfriends-1978","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15284","title":{"rendered":"Girlfriends (1978)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You don&#8217;t know me at all anymore; you really don&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Poster-162x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Poster-162x300.jpg 162w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Poster-69x128.jpg 69w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Poster.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn aspiring photographer (Melanie Mayron) struggles to create a new life for herself when her long-time roommate and best friend (Anita Skinner) gets married.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Character Studies<\/li>\n<li>Eli Wallach Films<\/li>\n<li>Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues<\/li>\n<li>Friendship<\/li>\n<li>Photographers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nWriter\/director Claudia Weill&#8217;s indie debut film, while presenting a refreshing female perspective in 1970s cinema, is unfortunately not all that memorable. Despite her best efforts, Mayron&#8217;s critically-lauded central performance is hampered by Weill&#8217;s overly simplistic screenplay, which fails to authentically develop any of its several storylines. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Mayron2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Mayron2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Mayron2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Mayron2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Mayron2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Mayron2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Mayron2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Mayron2-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Mayron2.png 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mayron&#8217;s new relationship with a young professor (Christopher Guest), for instance, simply follows the predictable arc of giddy new romance souring over time (though I do like the discomfiting authenticity of the early scene in which they first meet at a party and go home together, only to part ways for months before meeting up again). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Party.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Party-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Party-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Party-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Party-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Party-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Party-1536x867.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Party-478x270.png 478w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfriends-Party.png 1805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mayron&#8217;s attempts to &#8220;make it&#8221; as an artist\/photographer are laughably unrealistic: her repeated assertions that she&#8217;ll no longer need to take on jobs as a photographer-for-hire at bat bitzvahs and weddings once she&#8217;s lucked into showing her work at a small gallery simply make her come across as an utter moron. (And it&#8217;s frustrating that we never really see evidence of her talents as a photographer; her compositions are fine, but not earth-shattering). Finally, the sudden dissolution of her friendship with Skinner &#8212; ostensibly the main focus of the film, per its title &#8212; comes so quickly that we&#8217;re not yet invested in their fates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Watch for Eli Wallach in a small role as the rabbi Mayron develops a crush on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A heartfelt look at feminist concerns in 1970s New York<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfrends-Friends.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfrends-Friends-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfrends-Friends-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfrends-Friends-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfrends-Friends-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfrends-Friends-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfrends-Friends-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfrends-Friends-479x270.png 479w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Girlfrends-Friends.png 1809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth checking out. Listed as a Sleeper and a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0077613\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allmovie.com\/work\/girlfriends-19842\">All Movie Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t know me at all anymore; you really don&#8217;t.&#8221; Synopsis: An aspiring photographer (Melanie Mayron) struggles to create a new life for herself when her long-time roommate and best friend (Anita Skinner) gets married. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Character Studies Eli Wallach Films Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues Friendship Photographers Review: Writer\/director Claudia Weill&#8217;s indie debut film, while presenting a refreshing female perspective in 1970s cinema, is unfortunately not all that memorable. Despite her best efforts, Mayron&#8217;s critically-lauded central&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15284\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15284"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72480,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15284\/revisions\/72480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}