Nail Polish
100 minutes, 2006
Thu. Oct 12, 7:00PM, Sequoia
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Side ponytails, midriff-baring tanks and Jawzee accents abound in newcomer Jane Ainbinder's Nail Polish, a look at the endearingly awkward life of two girls navigating the difficult terrain of sexual curiosity on the 1980s Jersey shore. Bookish, easily flustered Allison (Alexandra Lydon) is stuck in that clumsy no-man's-land: post-high school, pre-college life. In the words of her more experienced companion Becky (Paz de la Huerta), Allison has yet to "get past first base." Nail Polish largely eschews the conventions of standard teenage flicks (dumb jocks, kooky foreign exchange students) as Allison attempts to connect romantically (and physically) with almost any member of the opposite sex, though Ainbinder does inject some flashes of John Waters-style camp for good measure (Becky's mother is a humorously over-the-top Sopranos-esque bimbette). Ultimately, the film's direct look at the pitfalls teens endure on the path to sexual awareness is fresh and honest. — J. Preissel
Director: Jane Ainbinder
Producer: Randy Sterns, Courtney Lee-Mitchell, Jane Ainbinder, Viveca Paulin
Screenwriter: Jane Ainbinder, Katrina Jankowski
Cinematographer: Ann T. Rossetti
Editor: Jean Kawahara
Cast: Alexandra Lydon, Paz de la Huerta, Elizabeth Regen, Deborah LaCoy
Print Source:
Pigdog Films
251 Pearl St. #3
Boulder, CO, 80302
Tel: 415.872.5263
Email: ja@pigdogfilms.com
Sponsor:
Pacific Union
