Palm Trees and Power Lines holds the attention, though not without its emptiness.
By some of the glowing reviews and their experience of the film, I assume they didn't foresee that Tom wanted to be her pimp early on, like I did. At no point did Tom not appear fake to me and Lea's actions aren't sound. She leaves the restaurant, like he wouldn't suspect such a thing and then she walks... Yes walks and sits down... After time has passed she calls her friend to pick her up, the same one she previously insulted, no not her mother, because things are more important than safety here apparently... They then sit there for some time, meanwhile I'm assuming this guy's going to show up any second, but no back to normality, like he doesn't know where she lives. She then leeches onto her mother and friends, like they could protect her if he showed up, instead of notifying the police and then what is this ending...
The strongest moment is Lea recognizing Tom's tonal shift and for the first time she out of character doesn't fight it. However confusingly she doesn't act on it later like it never happened and is surprised when he pimps her. In the endeavour to find realism, every character including the protagonist is messed up. Therefore it's difficult to connect and fails to really evoke.
By some of the glowing reviews and their experience of the film, I assume they didn't foresee that Tom wanted to be her pimp early on, like I did. At no point did Tom not appear fake to me and Lea's actions aren't sound. She leaves the restaurant, like he wouldn't suspect such a thing and then she walks... Yes walks and sits down... After time has passed she calls her friend to pick her up, the same one she previously insulted, no not her mother, because things are more important than safety here apparently... They then sit there for some time, meanwhile I'm assuming this guy's going to show up any second, but no back to normality, like he doesn't know where she lives. She then leeches onto her mother and friends, like they could protect her if he showed up, instead of notifying the police and then what is this ending...
The strongest moment is Lea recognizing Tom's tonal shift and for the first time she out of character doesn't fight it. However confusingly she doesn't act on it later like it never happened and is surprised when he pimps her. In the endeavour to find realism, every character including the protagonist is messed up. Therefore it's difficult to connect and fails to really evoke.