The Worst Person in the World's ode to becoming a person is indecisive yet invigorating, just like Renate Reinsve's heroine. justbrizigs reviews the latest from Joachim Trier NYFF59
Millennials were born into a world that no longer demands much of young people, yet somehow expects even more of us. Not as long ago as we might think, it was the norm for adults in their 20s and 30s to have it all figured out. A spouse, a career, a gaggle of children—at least one of these things and even better if all three. Young people now are caught in this strange purgatory between child and adult.
Enter Julie , a fickle Norwegian who has never stayed committed to one thing in her entire life. A teenaged overachiever, she dabbled in medicine before she discovered that she was more interested in matters of the soul than the body. So, she cuts and dyes her hair, dumps her med school lover and pivots to psychology pursuits before burning that all down too, shifting once again—this time to photography.
But as with most of Julie’s interests, she’s not entirely committed to writing either. And the age difference between Julie and Aksel manifests a nagging rift, the latter with a family and kids on his mind and the former still relegating such thoughts to “maybe” and “someday.” So, her relationship with Aksel becomes another thing that Julie’s wandering mind begins to stray from.
Julie’s coming-of-age story is one that we’ve seen before, not limited to the flighty, free-spirited pursuits of Noah Baumbach’s eponymous Frances Ha: The almost-adult searching for some sense of direction, eager to get even more from life than what others expect of them. But Trier keeps things interesting , notwithstanding the fragmented approach to storytelling which is as uncommitted to one point in Julie’s life as Julie is.
And Reinsve is stunning as Julie: Beautiful but gentle, played with a sharp, puppy-dog personality that never negates the nervousness intrinsic to her readiness in beginning a new pursuit. Life is short, and Julie never wants to feel like she is wasting her years away on one thing without trying something else. Still, Aksel provides the clarity gleaned from age, the ability to more firmly commit to one thing or the other due to the prominently looming threat of time itself.
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