Review 416: Mistress America

Mistress America is an utterly delightfully funny film and an example of Noah Baumbach's filmmaking at his finest.

Tracy Fishko (Lola Kirke) is a lonely collage freshman in New York, having neither the exciting university experience nor the glamorous metropolitan lifestyle she envisioned. But when she is taken in by her soon-to-be stepsister, Brooke Cardinas (Greta Gerwig) - a resident of Times Square and adventurous gal about town - she is rescued from her disappointment and seduced by Brooke's alluringly mad scheme.

The plot is brilliantly written and a showcase for the talents of both Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig.

 
Noah Baumbach's direction is, the cinematography is splendid and captures the beauty and alure of New York, the score by Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips is catchy, the New York setting is vibrant

The acting is spellbinding, Lola Kirke & Greta Gerwig are absolute delight and they're presence and chemistry just light up the screen,

Tracey is not exactly a girly girl or a tomboy, she's kind of an old man trapped inside a girls body, she's interested in writing,
When we're first introduced to Tracey, she's not exactly having the experience she fantasied she'd have of being in New York and going to collage and it feels very underwhelming and lonely. Then she meets this larger than life figure in the form of Brooke