{"id":152,"date":"2014-06-18T14:52:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T14:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=152"},"modified":"2026-09-15T12:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:10:17","slug":"frances-ha-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"Frances Ha-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Frances Ha-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Noah Baumbach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Greta Gerwig<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #44<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Frances_Ha_poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24495\" src=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Frances_Ha_poster-191x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Frances_Ha_poster-191x300.png 191w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Frances_Ha_poster.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 18, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Frances Ha (2012) is an intelligent, quirky comedy-drama made ever so appealing by its star, Greta Gerwig, an up-and-coming indie star (Greenberg-2010, The House of the Devil-2009).<\/p>\n<p>She later achieved massive success directing Barbie (2023).<\/p>\n<p>Gerwig is the heart of this film and has an intense rooting value. You want to be her friend.<\/p>\n<p>Made in black and white, which is unique and highly effective in an indie way, it tells the tale of a moderately talented dancer struggling to make it in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Frances&#8221;, along with her best friend, hops from situation to situation in an attempt to establish normalcy.<\/p>\n<p>Gerwig shines with the perfect blend of awkwardness, sarcasm, and wit she gives the character, and the viewer falls in love with her as she endures trials and tribulations.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a year-in-the-life type of film.<\/p>\n<p>Frances Ha (2012) is reminiscent of a Woody Allen film, with many neurotic yet lovable characters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Independent Spirit Award Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best Feature, Best Editing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frances Ha-2012 Director Noah Baumbach Starring Greta Gerwig Scott&#8217;s Review #44 Reviewed June 18, 2014 Grade: B+ Frances Ha (2012) is an intelligent, quirky comedy-drama made ever so appealing by its star, Greta Gerwig, an up-and-coming indie star (Greenberg-2010, The House of the Devil-2009). She later achieved massive success directing Barbie (2023). Gerwig is the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=152\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Frances Ha-2012<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11638,49,192,41,215,211,11667],"tags":[3270,2921,6725,12658,12657,2719,12659],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2012-films","category-black-white","category-comedies","category-dramas","category-indiefilms","category-indie-comedies","category-indie-dramas","category-new-york-city","tag-adam-driver","tag-greta-gerwig","tag-josh-hamilton","tag-michael-zegen","tag-mickey-sumner","tag-noah-baumbach","tag-patrick-heusinger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24496,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions\/24496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}