ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Maleeha Vincent It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

BatBanks Smith The story is not good it obvious that Ginger's father starts to have an affair with her friend. The problem is Ginger (Elle Fanning)'s parents need to grow up. Elle Fanning and Alice Englert did a good job as two teenage girls in the early 1960's London while dealing the Cold War and nuclear war. Also there was a good cast Timothy Spall & Oliver Platt as Fanning's godfathers and Annette Bening as Feminist friend of the two men. The weak cast member is Christina Hendrick as Ginger's mother who can't act.

kambizs you don't watch a movie just because of the performance, fiction movie is supposed to come with a story that can follow the dramatic logic of the plot. the main problem is the lack of the correct characterization. characters remain on the surface and the writer loses the chance to draw a deep well defined character, also the writer's interest to judge the society makes the characters weak and passive. The stories problem is nobody cares enough to do anything and this'd could be a good point if the writer wasn't too involve with some personal desires. Ginger is a confused character not only in her life but in the structure of the story. Obviously she doesn't know what she want. She is too much under influence of the events around that she cannot participate in her own life and then finally she ends up in jail. An activist character that all has done is reading some poems and hiding her face behind a pillow. And this character ends up in prison for no real reason. Writer I is unable to convince audience of the process of the character.

ninetails888 5.9? Really?Elle Fanning's best performance. She is incredible in Ginger & Rosa and conveys so many emotions believably. She completely disappears into her role, so much you forget it is Elle Fanning. Her performance is heart- breaking and beautiful. The other members of the ensemble which include Alessandro Nivola, Annette Benning, Christina Hendricks, Timothy Spall and Oliver Platt are great. My main problem with the film, though, is Alice Englert's performance. She seemed too detached from the film and Fanning and Englert's chemistry was very one-sided. Fanning was trying much harder than Englert to give the two characters a large amount of chemistry because after all, the two characters had been friends since they were born.The screenplay, also written by Sally Potter, is smart and engaging. There is a very strong plot here and the actors all bring their well- written characters to life. It's a great coming-of-age tale with the best performance by a young actor/actress this year, Elle Fanning. It's worth checking out.Read my full review of Ginger & Rosa and many other film reviews at www.thecheapseatsfilmreviews.weebly.com.

robert-temple-1 The most amazing thing about this film is the interview with Elle Fanning amongst the extras on the DVD. (People who saw the film in the cinema will not have seen it, of course.) Fanning seems to have been acting since before she was in the womb, and being in front of cameras for her is as familiar as being surrounded by curious crowds must be to performing dolphins in an aquarium. As someone who has been on display all her life (she is now 16), Fanning appears not to have the slightest trace of vanity and is unfazed. In the interview, she seems to be as innocent and good as if she were an angel who had been sitting on the side of Heaven admiring the view, fell off, and landed down here by mistake, and is making the best of it. Everybody loves not only working with her but even being in the same room with her. Now how rare is that? In this film she gives a powerful and mature performance, despite being only 15 at the time. This is a Sally Potter film, so that it means it is going to be unusual. Sally Potter is an absolute perfectionist. She gets some quirky idea and then bites into it like a bulldog and does not release it until it is perfectly executed. She appears to be an obstinate person, and I wish she had less weird ideas for films. But once we accept that the film is about whatever it is about, we can be certain that it will be exquisitely made, in other words a pure masterpiece of Potterism. Potter, being a woman, has the capacity for deep and profound rapport with her actors and her crew, and they all love her. That is how she gets such spectacular technical results, performances which are classic, camera work and editing which are magnificent, and everything clicks. I love watching and listening to the tango, but I found her tango film THE TANGO LESSON (1997) somewhat irritating because of her quirkiness and her peculiar angle on things. She is far from being an ordinary person. I wish she were 5% more ordinary, whereas with most people I wish they were 95% more weird. That shows how dissatisfied I am with the underlying conceptions she sometimes comes up with, whilst being full of admiration of how she realizes them. I would like to sit down with her, hold her hand reassuringly, and say to her: 'Now, look here, Sally …' But having said all that by way of prelude, I must go on to say that this film is marvellous as a film, and something for all to be proud of. The camera-work by cinematographer Robbie Ryan, so much of which is hand-held, is spectacular, which greatly adds to the effectiveness of this intense and personal work. Together, the director and cinematographer managed incredible intimacy in the presentation of this sensitive tale. Supporting roles are well carried out by four famous actors, Christina Hendricks, Timothy Spall, Jodhi May, and the amazing Annete Bening (see my review of BEING JULIA, 2004, where I describe her performance as miraculous), all clearly drawn to the project by Potter's creative reputation and renowned rapport with actors. As Fanning's best friend Rosa, Alice Englert does a wonderful job in the second lead role, which is her first major film appearance. It is no surprise that having done so well, she has gone on to play leads in three new films in quick succession, and we will certainly be seeing a lot more of her, as she is talented, dynamic, and sensuous. Perhaps she takes so naturally to film acting because she is the daughter of the famous director Jane Campion, and her father also was in the film business but seems to have left it in 1996, except to produce a short in 2004. It often makes a difference to be brought up in a family where there is no fear of the camera and making movies is looked upon as a normal occupation. One must also praise the editing of this film by Anders Refn, and once again the closeness of the cooperation between the editor and the director in turning out this flawless realization of Potter's vision. I live in hope that a woman of such talent will one day have a vision more sympathetic to my own interests and inclinations, but that of course is merely my subjective view and has no objective validity. Hence, don't listen to me if I grumble, or take it as any ill reflection upon this film, which is what it is to a consummate degree.