Screen Daily by Amber Wilkinson
The winning performances and Haapasalo’s careful attention to them help to compensate for the sometimes frustratingly fragmented nature of the storytelling.
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Finland · 2022
1h 42m
Director Alli Haapasalo
Starring Linnea Leino, Aamu Milonoff, Eleonoora Kauhanen, Bruno Baer
Genre Drama, Romance
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Best friends Mimmi and Rönkkö are teenagers looking to find new meaning and experience through love and sex. Mimmi begins dating a skater named Emma and learns what it takes to make a committed relationship work. Meanwhile, Rönkkö hits the high school party scene to pursue pleasure.
Screen Daily by Amber Wilkinson
The winning performances and Haapasalo’s careful attention to them help to compensate for the sometimes frustratingly fragmented nature of the storytelling.
The Film Stage by Brianna Zigler
Girl Picture is sweet, tender, and frequently amusing: a love letter to that time we ache to leave in the rearview mirror but which shapes who we are and how we love more than anything else.
Even when this film is a bit too neat, it’s still totally irresistible.
IndieWire by Natalia Winkelman
In spite of the movie’s tropes, Haapasalo clearly understands that, when you’re young, desire can feel confusing or gratifying, thrilling or overwhelming. In her snapshot of contemporary girlhood, Haapasalo contains all of the above — making the movie an affecting achievement that never feels less than loving.
The otherwise low-stakes drama is so invested in their emotional state that the lows are bottomless, while the highs have no ceiling. Haapasalo plucks this tiny three-week period from the ether and every filmmaking trick in her quiver allows us to relish in it.
Paste Magazine by Shayna Maci Warner
A joyous, resonant snapshot of growing into one’s own, and challenging even your own expectations of who you thought you could be.
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