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Jack and Diane
- Director: Bradley Rust Gray
- Writer: Bradley Rust Gray
- Producer: Karin Chien
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Elvis's grand-daughter as a skateboarding lesbian, Kylie Minogue covered in tattoos doing the lesbian thang and Juno Temple with a quasi-English/American accent being a baby-doll Lolita.
What's there not to like? A story of nascent lesbian love...and, the monster with...possibly, a werewolf. You heard right...a werewolf - nothing quite like jumping on the bandwagon. The honest truth is there absolutely nothing to like...except for the premise.
In more capable directorial hands...the direction may not have been so patchy...in some places it looks as if terminal apathy has set in.
The silences are deafening - usually because of the inconsistent soundtrack or lack of...creating atmosphere via such gimmickry is lazy and seldom works.
For a film about young love, this is lifeless. Rigid catatonia has more energy.
Rust(y) Gray should stick to what he knows best - lesbianism not being one of them - and learn, rapidly, how to engage an audience...rather than sending them to sleep, quick style.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Jack and Diane, two teenage girls, meet in New York City and spend the night kissing ferociously. Diane's charming innocence quickly begins to open Jack's tough skinned heart. But, when Jack discovers that Diane is leaving the country in a week she tries to push her away. Diane must struggle to keep their love alive while hiding the secret that her newly awakened sexual desire is giving her werewolf-like visions.
Cast & Characters
Juno Temple as Diane;
Riley Keough as Jack;
Kylie Minogue as Tara;
Dane DeHaan as Chris;
Leo Fitzpatrick as Joby;
Haviland Morris as Jack's Mom;
Cara Seymour as Aunt Linda;
Michael Chernus as Jaimie;
Neal Huff as Passenger;
Jen Ponton as Stacy