It Felt Like Love
Drama
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2013
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14-year-old Lila spends a languid South Brooklyn summer playing third wheel to her promiscuous friend Chiara and Chiara’s boyfriend Patrick. Eager for her own sexual awakening, Lila gamely decides to pursue the older, thuggish Sammy, rumored to sleep with anyone.
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Runtime:
82 min
Release date:
31 Jan 2013
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 12 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
In Gina Piersanti, also making her feature debut, Hittman has found the perfect actress to portray the difficult undertaking of growing up, or at least trying to.
– Bill Goodykoontz,
Arizona Republic,
24 Apr 2014
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Hittman draws attention to the pervasive cultural forces (rap music, Internet pornography, suggestive dancing on TV) that present young girls as sexual objects, making the scenes of exploitation seem sadly inevitable.
– Ben Sachs,
Chicago Reader,
3 Apr 2014
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Rarely has the zone between girlhood and womanhood been captured with such urgent honesty than in Eliza Hittman's superb teen drama "It Felt Like Love."
– Inkoo Kang,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar 2014
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It's easy to be seduced by the loosely observational vibe of the movie, even as its tale of a shrinking violet struggling not to be a late bloomer fails to strike more than a single note of dismay.
– A.A. Dowd,
AV Club,
20 Mar 2014
fresh:
Gorgeously shot in Brooklyn's beachfront neighborhoods and devoid of easy sentimentality, "It Felt Like Love" features realistic performances all around, understandable given the cast of mostly first-time actors.
– Sara Stewart,
New York Post,
20 Mar 2014