I can't believe that Fort Tilden gets only 3 of 5 stars. Overall! Perhaps there are two problems in the marketing: that it's a comedy, and that it's a movie for young people. As a truly old person--old enough to be a grandfather to the protagonists--I see Fort Tilden as a rather deep portrait of what (I imagine) it's like to be white, 30, aimless, and living in Brooklyn. It's a comedy in the very old sense: it talks seriously about life in a bemused way, rather than a tragic one. But Fort Tilden has echoes of James Joyce's Ulysses and much else. It is also a perfect picture of how for so many young people, their 50 something parents are just not there. It's also hysterically funny when it's not also sad. Check out the book the heroine puts out when they leave for the beach.
Review of Fort Tilden
