Thursday, March 8, 2012

Tiny Furniture

Tiny Furniture is a film that takes an effort to describe. You can call it a low budget American comedy-drama. What struck me about the film was that It was made by some one my age. (And here I am...unemployed and writing blogs that god-knows-who-reads!)

The plot centers around Aura, a college graduate who returns to her New York home where her artistic photographer mother and poetically talented younger sister live. Aura is at that stage in life- that one where you've accomplished something (in her case, a college degree) and the phase where you need to get your career going. Things begin to get difficult for her because she's clueless, exhausted and whats to think clearly but the simple things in life don't allow her to that.

It's a story about the relationship women share with each other. Aura and her mother seem comfortably close. She shares the same relationship with her sister, Nadine. Yet, they all have an issue with each other regarding life. Aura meets two men that complicate her life a little more. A youtube semi-celeb and a hot chef. These men like Aura but neither of them share a defined relationship with her.

Aura is looking to define herself in the dramatic web of an ordinary life. Of course the film holds metaphors show-casing the philosophies of the great play we call, Life. It's a film that keeps you engaged because there isn't any sensational or over-the-top drama happening. That's the best part about the film. It has the ordinary plot yet It's able to keep you glued to the screen. 

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