tiny furniture (miff film #7)

I tend to make a habit of seeing any film at MIFF whose description includes the words ‘New York’, ‘twenty-something graduate’, ‘what now?’, and in this specific case, ‘the Woody Allen of Generation Y’. This year, the honour went to Tiny Furniture.

Lena Dunham writes, directs and stars in this film, which chronicles what happens when you finish uni and have no idea what to do next.

Aura is in just this situation so she moves back into her mum’s New York apartment, which also houses Aura’s younger sister (Lena’s real mum and sister take on these roles). Once the stage is thusly set, the rest of the film explores Aura’s uncertainty about what she should be doing with her time and newly minted uni skills – apart from a hot, young chef.

I always enjoy films that offer a snap shot into someone else’s life and this is exactly what Tiny Furniture gave me. There aren’t any explosive moments, and I even wondered exactly what the ending would be, but it made me feel that after the screen went dark, these characters were still going on with their lives, and I quite liked that.

3 stars!