syncereblakman Review of Of an Age

Of an Age (2022)

Average film with strong performances. Pretentious filmmaking.

[4/10 · 28 February 2023]

Almost immediately disengaged by the 25 minutes of incomprehensible wailing that starts the film. Once the storytelling begins, the film is just okay. I definitely felt like I was watching a film. The movie makes the fatal mistake of referencing a far superior film ("Happy Together") early in the dialogue and I spent the remainder of the film wondering why I wasn't watching that film instead. Still, the performances were quite good but the script lacking. The leads were quite charming independently but didn't have much chemistry, so the central story lacked needed urgency and intensity. Not much was very memorable about the film and I think that says it all. I struggled to recall the names of the lead characters while watching despite the overuse of super-tight closeups, I imagine to convey meaning missing from the storytelling.