The film was released in North America in August last year (2015). Because it is not a vigorous blockbuster, the domestic attention is not enthusiastic. However, browsing the British "Guardian" (The Guardian) film column, film critics invariably gave a positive evaluation of this niche film:
"Every detail is true to the viewer's bone marrow, this film is presented to our theaters. A Rare Story: Documenting a Teenager's Journey to Sexual Maturity." (Leslie Felperin)
A one-sentence summary of the story of "The Diary of A Teenage Girl": a less confident 15-year-old Teenage Minnie 'seduces' mum's boyfriend Monroe to do what adults do.
It sounds complicated, but the extension after that is neither a teenage girl resenting a man for taking away her virginity, which then evolves into a cunning girl and a pedophile. It is a story about a girl's mental growth that can resonate and inspire viewers.
Minnie is a 15-year-old girl with a little flesh on her stomach and a normal body, but she always thinks she is too fat. She loves to draw small, fresh, abstract line illustrations, and aspires to be an artist when she grows up. She has a habit of recording her thoughts, stories from her life on tape, and hiding them in hidden cardboard boxes under the bed.
The film begins, taking advantage of the opportunity of my mother to go out. Minnie looked at her long-admired mom's boyfriend, Monroe, and said to him, "I want you to fuck me"
Minnie came home after the first important time in her life, and her mother in a bright orange dress was nestled on the sofa, sipping a glass of whiskey lazily, and watching TV shows with her second daughter. Minnie slipped back into the room and recorded on tape, "I just had my first sexual experience, and I think I'm an adult now." The murmur of a TV show outside the door blared in the background.
On the bus, Minnie took out the tape recorder. Ignoring the existence of the people around me, I said loudly: All I think about is sex right now. Monroe was tall and strong, with muscular thighs and a manly chest. As for myself, I don't think I'm a very attractive person, but I do feel that something has changed, maybe aura, and it seems like others have noticed.
For girls in China, sex is a topic of shame, and even adult women blush with embarrassment when they bring up sex-related topics. Realizing this, when chatting with innocent sisters, I always like to deliberately bring up such topics. When the girls become embarrassed but have a thoughtful label, I secretly "broke" a good girl. .
Why should girls be ashamed of their instincts? It's about both sexes, and not being ashamed of having those "sexy" thoughts pop into your head. Although the words "sexual maturity", "relationships" and "exploring one's own body" may seem sensual. The process of exploring them combines complex mechanisms such as self-recognition, getting along with others, and emotional control.
The society tells you that a good girl must follow the four virtues, protect herself, and know what to do and what not to do. So the good girl locked herself in the glittering glass room. When it was time to get out of the glass room, the ignorant girl was sold and helped the bad people with money.
Back to movies. When Minnie's mother suddenly came home, Monroe panicked to end the flirtation and hugged the charming person in front of her dotingly. Minnie, who was left behind, opened her eyes in panic, watching this scene thoughtfully. In the next shot, she stood naked in front of the mirror, touched her small breasts in frustration, and pinched the loose flesh on her stomach. Her psychological narration said: If no one loves you, what's the point of living? No one pays attention to you, no one touches you. I wish I was older, I'm so lonely. I feel like an iron block is tied to my heart, and when I move, when the wind blows, it pulls my heart to swing. I wish there was someone who would love me so madly that if I disappeared he would die.
As the movie progresses, Minnie gets her wish - to make Monroe fall in love with her. When they took the hallucinogen, hallucinations filled the small space. Monroe seemed to see the end of the world, holding Minnie vulnerable, curled up like a child, and kept saying "I love you" to her. Minnie was speechless, without joy, without emotion, without desire. Taking advantage of the gap between his showers, Minnie fled.
At this time, I thought of Pink's old song F**king Perfect's MV. The fat girl was dissatisfied with her appearance, went on a diet, self-harmed, and even tried to end her own life because she was dissatisfied with herself. The girl in the MV is not dead, but she is facing herself because she has regained her life. She loves painting as much as Minnie, and at the end of the MV she opens her own exhibition and meets the love of her life.
The Pink MV has a very satisfying ending. In my opinion, Diary of a Girl is more real. I always say that the ideal love must be full of passion, and that kind of feeling is to want to tear each other apart. Like Minnie said "If I disappear, he will die". But in fact, we just need to find a sense of presence in the attention of others. When you think you love someone very much, most of you fall in love with the feeling of love in your mind.
In addition to the main plot, "Diary" is also piled up with small stories. The door to Minnie's new world was opened, and she was excited and enthusiastic to experience the novelty. She loves Monroe, but Monroe isn't her only man. She hooked up with the handsome guy at work. The latter is the kind of blond and blue-eyed, and at first glance, it is the type that is loved by all girls.
The handsome guy is like most teenage boys (maybe adults too?), with a pretentious pretense of being smart, and the subtext may be 'Look at me not taking advantage of you'. But the plot didn't develop as Little Handsome imagined. Minnie understands her body and sex better than boys. In the end, the boy is the one who takes advantage of it, saying to Minnie, "You're so hot, you're scaring me."
Minnie has also stepped into gay sex, escaped the real world with bold and handsome blonde girls, and spent time in alcohol. , drugs, day and night parties and rock 'n' roll a wild life. Although netizens who have read the original commented that the story was much darker in the original, Minnie eventually returned to the embrace of the real world.
At the end of the movie, Minnie meets Monroe, who has not been seen for a long time. She's selling her illustrations on the beach, and Monroe's eyes are like a powerful 502. Minnie gave him a painting to say goodbye.
I always think that in recent years American movies, maybe because of the boom in hero movies, and I really don't like them. Diary is 100% on my favorites list. It's like narrating my thoughts, or a memory that every girl has ever had?
What I've seen in the movie is that girls shouldn't be afraid of instinctual desires, and shouldn't be submissive to unsubstantiated rules. More importantly, learn to love yourself before hysterically longing to be loved.
This is not the "love yourself" casually spoken of in chicken soup. To love yourself is to not hide your flaws in body, character, mind, and talents, and desire to be someone else.
For example, I once wrapped myself all summer with only a pair of eyes left. Although the effect was not small, my genes determined that I would never reach Fan Bingbing's milky skin. Summer just got cuter after realizing this. I let the sun go wild to fill every gap in my skin's fluff, and I got a nice wheatish complexion. The little British boyfriend will always hold my hand and envy "babe, your skin so tan! Can we swap?"
Everyone should try to fall in love with their imperfections, and they will be pleasantly surprised after falling in love with them The troubles in the past turned out to be the little sexy that made me different.
At the end of the movie, Minnie and her mother are listening to music in a retro-decorated bar. The mother is wearing a delicate dress with delicate and charming makeup.
Suddenly, Minnie realized: I always thought I wanted to be exactly like my mom, but she felt like she needed a man to be happy and I could make myself happy. Maybe happiness was never about being loved.
If you're single and desperately trying to find someone to love you; or if you're struggling with a relationship, love or friendship that drains energy like a black hole, I recommend this movie. Although it's called a "girly" diary, it's worth watching for women (and men) of every age.
By the way, the UK has set its viewing rights to 18+ (I really don't understand).
Text: Scarlette
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