
In a house dripping with sunlight, five friends live on lollipops and hot coffee. Between two swims, they challenge each other to a game of bilboquet or share a feast cooked by Pauline. Meanwhile, Ferdinand is desperately searching for a lost object. Sounds like a serious story.
I’m still trying to comprehend the psychological and moral implications of their fascination with each other, or why their almost written-in-the-stars depth of connection makes so much sense.
Mirrorball is full of passion and love for the medium of cinema and is indeed a fitting love letter to La La Land.
As one of the women said in the film, friendship in your teens is “as important as any lover” and it’s clear they lived that philosophy throughout their early adult lives as well.
'Playing with Fire' was clearly a film made for a kid or tween-ish audience. Keeping that in mind, I thought 'Playing with Fire' was alright, though it did portray some harmful stereotypes.
Mai yells what every parent dreads hearing from their child: “tao ghét mày” (“I hate you”) and runs from the scene, where Hai discovers that Mai was telling the truth about the wallet.