Teen Spirit

Name: Teen Spirit
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: April 12, 2019
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Agnieszka Grochowska, Andrew Ellis, Antonia Clarke, Archie Madekwe, Charlie Mayhew

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Bleecker Street | Release Date: April 12, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Agnieszka Grochowska, Andrew Ellis, Antonia Clarke, Archie Madekwe, Charlie Mayhew, Clara Rugaard, Elizabeth Berrington, Elle Fanning, Hannah Banks, John Locke, Jordan Stephens, Mark Stobbart, Millie Brady, Olive Gray, Rebecca Hall, Ria Zmitrowicz, Ruairi O'Connor, Stephen Boxer, Viktorija Faith, Vivian Oparah, Zlatko Buric

Summary: Violet (Elle Fanning) is a shy teenager who dreams of escaping her small town and pursuing her passion to sing. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a local singing competition that will test her integrity, talent and ambition.

Director: Max Minghella

Genre(s): Drama, Music

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 93 min

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Bobby LePire

Mar 14, 2019

Minghella’s incredible directorial debut is a technicolor, neon-drenched fever dream. It is told with remarkable visual prowess, jaw-dropping editing, a soundtrack to die for, career-best performances from its central cast, and most importantly, heart. This is not to be missed. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Apr 17, 2019

Don’t expect more of Teen Spirit than the movie can deliver: It’s an unapologetically slight story about a girl with ambitions that many would call shallow. But even as it obeys the rules of the Cinderella story in many ways, it defies them in some others. Read full review

Caroline Siede

Apr 17, 2019

In a film seemingly aimed more at teens than adults, Minghella effectively updates that familiar star-is-born template for an arthouse-minded Instagram generation. Read full review

Jim Slotek

Apr 18, 2019

Minghella’s directorial debut is awash with mean girls, pretty boys, seizure-inducing club scenes, headache-inducing auto-tune, and a thin plot that unfolds (and ends) dizzyingly quickly. Read full review

Ty Burr

Apr 17, 2019

Very like a gummy bear, Teen Spirit gives you a nice little sugar rush until the lights come up and you realize you’re still hungry. Part of the problem is the script, which includes lines of dialogue so generic it’s as if Minghella is daring himself to squeeze a drop more juice out of them. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Sep 15, 2018

The screenplay seems a little thin, full of frayed threads which are never properly woven into the story. Read full review

Chelsea Phillips-Carr

Apr 17, 2019

Teen Spirit is a dizzying exercise in the "Bohemian Rhapsody" school of nonsensical editing. Perhaps it is fitting that Teen Spirit is badly made. It would be more disappointing if a work of such lazy sexism were a formal triumph. Read full review

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bataguila

Sep 18, 2019

Entretenida, ella es preciosima, la musica tiene como 2 buenas rolas, la historia es media floja, y los personajes como que no pesan, y el vlad da asco

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JLuis_001

Jul 23, 2019

Predictable to the bone and too sweetened. The story is built that way and cannot help it but still.

Considering that it's a directorial debut it is understood, however, the proposal doesn't really compensate and almost all the music is quite forgettable, which is a serious flaw consideringPredictable to the bone and too sweetened. The story is built that way and cannot help it but still.

Considering that it's a directorial debut it is understood, however, the proposal doesn't really compensate and almost all the music is quite forgettable, which is a serious flaw considering that this aspect is a cornerstone of the narrative.

Elle Fanning complies but I still maintain my opinion that she should look for more solid jobs. It's good that she continues to work on so many indie films but she needs better roles.

It's not a ''bad' film but it could have been much better.… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Dec 8, 2019

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Who the most disliked, Elle or her sister Dakota, Max or his father Anthony? The real contest is this, an anti-talent show. The intergenerational pact sketch between two losers could have been intriguing, but the film ruins it as much as a "The Neon Demon" (Refn 2016)(Mauro Lanari)
Who the most disliked, Elle or her sister Dakota, Max or his father Anthony? The real contest is this, an anti-talent show. The intergenerational pact sketch between two losers could have been intriguing, but the film ruins it as much as a "The Neon Demon" (Refn 2016) hybridized with "A Star Is Born" (Cooper 2018).… Expand

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TVJerry

Apr 22, 2019

Elle Fanning plays a continuously-sullen teen who enters a national singing competition in England. Her story isn't especially interesting, even with the addition of a faded opera singer as her manager/mentor. She does a good job with the vocals, but the relationships and evolution of herElle Fanning plays a continuously-sullen teen who enters a national singing competition in England. Her story isn't especially interesting, even with the addition of a faded opera singer as her manager/mentor. She does a good job with the vocals, but the relationships and evolution of her quick rise are rather flat and uninteresting (most of that credit has to go to writer/director Max Minghella). The weirdest thing was that the big final show is moodily lit, which makes it almost impossible to see the singers' faces…not realistic for TV at all. The pop tunes and music production was the most enjoyable thing about the film.… Expand

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fredphoesh

Apr 10, 2020

What a complete pile of predictable, cliche'd rubbish. Nothing unpredictable, nothing interesting, just one boring predictable scene after the other. The acting was good, but that's it. The script and plot are without depth, without tension, without anything of substance. Luckily I had myWhat a complete pile of predictable, cliche'd rubbish. Nothing unpredictable, nothing interesting, just one boring predictable scene after the other. The acting was good, but that's it. The script and plot are without depth, without tension, without anything of substance. Luckily I had my laptop to help me survive this. I only sat through it because I was watching with my teenage niece. When the movie ended, she said WHAT? What? Is that it?? I gave her a wry smile. What a waste of time.… Expand

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