Frances Ha – 7

It all comes down to how much you enjoy the company of Greta Gerwig, and I found her quite pleasant. She is sufficiently attractive to be pleasant on the eyes, but not such a looker that she can’t play an “undatable.” Her insecurity and attempts to cope with her shortcomings are generally endearing, as we suspect, or maybe know, that she won’t come acropper at the end. How she in fact turns her life around so completely is a mystery; maybe we can just chalk it up to turning 28. I don’t remember the details of Lola Versus, but I think this was basically the same movie.