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The angst of the "twenties" is a predicable dilemma, soon to be resolved by real life.

In the meantime, suffering is optional.

In this new film about this period of life, the "terrible twenties" are a drawn out affair and not, in the end, very interesting.

The New Twenty (2009)

This is a slice of several lives that intersect and there is not really a lot to recommend it.

There is a gay story line but, it seems, more to be politically correct than to reflect a genuine experience of the gay characters. They ends up being a stereotype.

I suppose this kind of wrecked it for me.

I tried not to feel pandered to.

All in all it is a film that tries hard and has too many people and, in the end, doesn't seem to add up to much of anything but a giant sigh of relief that this self centered age group will soon head into some real life where they can begin to forget about themselves all the time and engage with other people of all ages.

I will give this a 2 out of Netflix5 as I didn't much like any of them including the gay one.

And the cover art? Remember those paperbacks that used to show sexy covers so you would buy them? Similar misrepresentation.

He isn't half that good in the film in any way including that set of abs and shit.

Labels: films