Damsels in Distress

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  • Opened April 6, 2012 (LA, NY)
  • 1 hr 39 min
  • PG-13 | Some Sexual Material and Mature Thematic Content
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 14+. More on child suitability

  • Seven Oaks is an East Coast college with beautiful Greek Revival architecture and a boorish male student population. Decades after coeducation's arrival the male atmosphere still prevails. A dynamic trio of girls -- group leader Violet Wister (Greta Gerwig), principled Rose (Megalyn Echikunwoke) and sexy Heather (Carrie MacLemore) -- decide to change all that, setting out to rescue their fellow students from depression, grunge and low standards of every kind. At New Student Orientation the trio spots lost-looking Lily (Analeigh Tipton) and takes her under wing. Meanwhile the girls become romantically entangled with a series of men -- including slick Charlie (Brody), dreamboat Xavier (Becker) and the mad frat pack of Frank (Metcalf) and Thor (Magnussen) -- who threaten their friendship and sanity. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Greta Gerwig, Carrie MacLemore, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Analeigh Tipton, Adam Brody, Hugo Becker
  • Director: Whit Stillman
  • Genres: Comedy

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Damsels In Distress

by Mimimph

I walked out at the risk of screaming from absolute boredom and dislike. I couldn't tolerate the characters, the dialogue of the story. I didn't care about any of them. It was awful....

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Minor Stillman, Major Gerwig

by awhittak

Greta Gerwig is excellent in this film as a over-educated, under-experienced co-ed in Whit Stillman's latest. Unfortunately, the material is not Stillman's strongest. A bit of a let down after a...

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Damsels in Distress

by Peneflix

Why did this well- written, decently- performed anachronism of a deceased era, bore me to oblivion? College women in 50's garb running a suicide prevention clinic; clinging to the mission of saving...

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Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

Welcome Damsels in Distress, an exhilarating gift of a comedy about college, the female intellect, the limitless male ego, inventing a new dance, and suicide prevention. Read full review

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New York Post
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Damsels contains much that's familiar to fans of previous Stillman films such as 1990's "Metropolitan": looping jokes that build on one another, allusions to art and literature, characters who are proudly out of step with the times. Read full review

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NPR
| Jeannette Catsoulis

Even were it not so delightful, Damsels in Distress, set at a fictional upper-crust college, would deserve a watch for its dialogue alone. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
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Highbrow campus-comedy from long-lost Whit Stillman is a flawed but frequently hilarious comeback. Read full review

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Carrie MacLemore as Heather, Analeigh Tipton as Lily, Megalyn Echikunwoke as Rose and Greta Gerwig as Violet in ``Damsels in Distress.''