'Lost and Delirious' is a nice movie that feels a little familiar. That it does feel that way is kind of strange since I haven't seen a lot of movies that deal with this subject. The movie is about two girls that love each other and share the same room on a boarding school. One of the girls, Paulie (Piper Perabo), is willing to pull that through no matter what, but the other, named Victoria (Jessica Paré), is afraid of what others might say and think. When they are found in bed together Victoria wants to end things and Paulie can't accept that. All this is seen through the eyes of Mary (Mischa Barton), who is their new roommate.
The reason why things feel familiar sometimes is probably because certain scenes are familiar and therefore predictable. At one moment Victoria has sex with a guy named Jake (Luke Kirby) and of course Paulie (and Mary) sees her. There is also a scene where Paulie faces Victoria with their problem in front of Victoria's father. You feel that these things will happen in a movie like this. Still, Piper Perabo's performance does add something to these familiar things. She is slowly losing it and makes sure we believe her.
What she also does is changing 'Lost and Delirious' slowly into a thriller but when we are almost there it goes back to the tragic love story again. It is kind of interesting to see. When Paulie would go really mad, instead of just really heartbroken, this could have been a thriller with too many clichés. Instead it is a human tragedy with some clichés that could have gone terribly wrong in the end. Fortunately the movie takes the right turn, or actually no turn at all, which is the way it should go.
The reason why things feel familiar sometimes is probably because certain scenes are familiar and therefore predictable. At one moment Victoria has sex with a guy named Jake (Luke Kirby) and of course Paulie (and Mary) sees her. There is also a scene where Paulie faces Victoria with their problem in front of Victoria's father. You feel that these things will happen in a movie like this. Still, Piper Perabo's performance does add something to these familiar things. She is slowly losing it and makes sure we believe her.
What she also does is changing 'Lost and Delirious' slowly into a thriller but when we are almost there it goes back to the tragic love story again. It is kind of interesting to see. When Paulie would go really mad, instead of just really heartbroken, this could have been a thriller with too many clichés. Instead it is a human tragedy with some clichés that could have gone terribly wrong in the end. Fortunately the movie takes the right turn, or actually no turn at all, which is the way it should go.