Teen Spirit

Tinsel & Tine #MiniMovieReview TEEN SPIRIT writer/dir Max Minghella starring Elle Fanning seems to have already left the theaters, but I recommend finding it when it streams. It’s set in a small rural village somewhere in Eastern Europe. Fanning plays a quiet young girl without many prospects for an exciting life, when an American Idol type show comes through her town, and as a contestant, takes her on a journey into the music biz.

I think HER SMELL (Elisabeth Moss) & VOX LUX (Natalie Portman) having come out in recent months, didn’t leave space for TEEN SPIRIT; that and the title, people associate Teen Spirit with Kurt Cobain, and this movie has nothing to do with him or his music. Really, the one she did in 2016, NEON DEMON would have been a better title for this movie.

Neverltheless, I enjoyed the film, particularly the odd avuncular relationship she develops with a washed up Opera Singer (Zlatko Buric). Most exciting is finding out Elle Fanning has a beautifully haunting voice.

T&T the Large Association of Movie Blogs (aka the LAMb) rating 3.5 outta 5