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The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love | Year: 1995 Classification: Drama Directed: - Maria Maggenti Actors/Actresses: - Laurel Holloman - Nicole Ari Parker A surprisingly pleasant movie I've been watching movies for quite some years now, but it's only been recently, within the last year of so, that I've decided to try to broaden my horizons a bit, and take chances on movies I usually wouldn't watch. With that in mind, I've started renting some foreign movies, and began picking up movies I had never heard anything about, or starred actors I had never heard of before. That's how I came to pick up this movie, and I have to admit that overall, I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed it as much as I did. I'm going to try to break the movie down into component parts, the cast, story, and things like that, and what I liked and didn't like about each. To start with, the cast. As I mentioned, I had never heard of any of the people that starred in this movie, and to be honest, probably will never see them again, or recognize them. The two lead characters, the two girls who fall in love, did a very credible job with their roles. Watching them, I have to say I enjoyed watching their performances, and could believe that the two of them could possibly meet one another, find a spark of attraction there, and grow to be lovers. Some of the supporting characters were a bit weakly played, but not all that bad, except for one in particular who fortunately, only appeared in two very short scenes. This was the boyfriend of Evie, the African-American girl, who was very stilted in his acting, and never seemed at ease in his role, but then again maybe he was supposed to play him that way. I don't really know, but I didn't really care for his acting ability. As for the story itself, it unfolded in a very natural way, and the script didn't seem to downplay towards the two girls, or force them to act before they were really ready, which too many teenage lover stories seem to like to do. As a matter of fact, it's a good half way through the movie before Randy even tells Evie that she would like to hold her hand, and the awkwardness she displays there seems real to life, and further deepened my involvement in the characters lives. Neither girl is portrayed as being stupid, as a matter of fact, they spend some time reading Walt Whitman's "The Leaves of Grass" to one another, and enjoy it. By the time they do consummate their relationship, we know the two girls as well as they know each other, and fell glad for them. My main disappointment with the movie was the ending, which seemed kind of slapped on, and changed the mood of the movie. Prior to it, I was enjoying the burgeoning love relationship the two girls were experiencing, and the end turns into a sort of slapstick farce where everyone introduced earlier in the story are brought together to a hotel where the girls have gone into hiding after having been found out. It seemed a bit anticlimatic after the story I was enjoying, but not enough so to completely diminish the good feeling raised by the rest of the film. So, all things considered, I would have to recommend this movie to anyo very true The story of a typical first love. Not as it happens to lesbian girls only but as it happens to almost everyone. The hesitation to touch, the lovely looking. This movie doesn't have incredible dialogues but the reactions are very true. Some scenes are so cute... like when they touch each other hands for the first time. And it has hilarious scenes too! I laughed a lot! I'm a lesbian teenager and I strongly recommend! U won't be disappointed. Great Coming of AgeFlick I saw this movie YEARS ago, going to a freebie screening. I recall only that I really thought it was "sweet" in the way it portrayed the two teenagers falling in love (straight or gay). How believable it was, moments of not-so-great acting by others not withstanding, the heart of the movie, the chemistry between the two very young actresses, seemed so sincere. Having recently watched Showtime's new "The L-Word" I was reminded of this film. The actresses playing the L-Word's primary couple do a great job of portraying lesbians (with credit due to storyline & leadership), and I was so floored to find that one of these stars is "Two Girls" own Laurel Holloman. This spurred me to watch this movie again, enjoying it even more with age and an appreciation for innocence of youth, and the knowledge that these two young women have gone on to successful careers (Parker starring in Soul Food, which ironically airs after The L-Word on Sunday nights). 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