Damsels in Distress
This is a story of girls' friendship in college. Violet attempts to educate her how to dance and dress well to attract series of boys.
20 April 1985
28 May 1983, Spokane, Washington, USA
18 April 1989, Riverside, California, USA
26 June 1984, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
3 March 1959, Lansing, Michigan, USA
April 29, 2016
[I]ts daffy, otherworldly story, rehearsing but not rehashing Stillman's frankly reactionary instincts, resounds less for its charming gaggle of collegiate women than for its dramatization of self-deception and the despair of depression.
April 21, 2013
Why he would once again focus his imagination on another ensemble of shallow, self-absorbed characters that are all directed to speak like they were born in the same upper-class Connecticut suburb indicates a one-track mind, at the least.
May 04, 2012
The film would probably drag if it weren't so perfectly cast, especially with the gawky-beautiful Gerwig as its center.
December 12, 2012
Greta Gerwig gives a career-defining performance.
April 27, 2012
Damsels in Distress ambles about amiably without much of a narrative: Plot has never been Stillman's strong suit, and in this film he seems particularly indifferent to its demands.
May 04, 2012
Like a degree in gender studies, there's no payoff.
April 26, 2012
There's a self-consciousness to "Damsels" that takes away much of the fun.
April 27, 2012
For the most part, it's a film filled with simple pleasures...
May 24, 2013
Although the themes of clueless rich kids acting boorishly are very much the same as in Stillman's biggest hits, 'Metropolitan' and 'Barcelona,' the light and breezy "Damsels" more than stands on its own as an Austen-tatious delight.
October 24, 2012
And while it occasionally feels a little wobbly, it grows more sure of itself and richer as it goes along.
November 07, 2016
The problem is that since all these kids are so blank, only Stillman, as the narrative voice, is in on his many jokes.
December 31, 2012
One doesn't realize one has missed the airless irony of Whit Stillman until one sees Stillman's first feature film in 13 years.
