User Reviews

This film was a total random choice. One of those where I think to myself "I need to justify my Sky movies subscription and actually watch something". I tend to steer towards the indie, horror or comedy sections. Anyway, this appeared in the indie section and sounded OK from the description given.

Within the first 15 minutes I did think about switching this off because it just felt a bit flat and boring, like it didn't know where it was going. This is no Bridget Jones's Diary in terms of romantic comedy about thirty something singletons.

But as it progressed I actually came to appreciate that there were no big comedy moments or set-ups. Everything kind of flowed along naturally and the comedy came subtly through the script rather than it being thrown at you. Some people might find the "naturalistic" look to the movie difficult. It looks to have been shot totally using real locations rather than on a sound stage, and the script kind of feels like how people actually speak in the real world.

The ending is actually kind of nice, and shows that women can be valued and value themselves on more than just being a girlfriend/wife/lover. If you're looking for a big romcom run through the airport or lovely wedding then don't watch this.

People describing this as a rom-com are probably why it has such a low rating. I'd call it a coming of age tale for women closing in on 40. There are comedic moments, there are caustic moments, there are heart warming moments, just like life. I love Chelsea Peretti and movies that respect the non-cookie-cutter beauty of life. If you do, too, you'll probably dig this movie.

Spinster 2020 15 Director: Andrea Dorfman Starring: Chelsea Parretti, Susan Kent, Charlie Boyle, Bill Carr, David Rossetti, Nadia Tonen, Kirsten Olivia Taylor etc

Overall rating 92/100

Spinster is about a 39 year old caterer, who has not found the right man for her, she must go on a journey within herself to find what she really wants in life and focus on herself. Wow Spinster was fantastic, and offered something relatively fresh in terms of themes and perspectives of love, so let's talk about this more in detail.

First of all, the film had likeable characters, a great main performance and chemistry between characters. I thought the main comedic performance from Chelsea Peretti was fantastic, she made this movie for me, she was instantly likeable as soon as she appeared on screen, with heaps of charm and relatability with her character she was just a delight to watch, most of the characters in the film were also incredibly likeable, with different views and perspectives on love to balance out the argument made by Chelsea's character. A lot of the character and actors had fantastic chemistry as well, I really liked a lot of the relationships that were developed and created in this movie especially, with Chelsea Peretti and Nadia Tonen as well as Kirsten Olivia Taylor. Both characters of Liza and Adele, really served a purpose as there own characters but also with developing Gaby's character as well, both filled a whole that Gaby as a character was missing throughout the movie, having a child, and a friend who has similar attitudes to you in terms of love, so this was great, and all the actors had instant chemistry when on screen with each other.

My next few positives would be the charming tone, humour, and Different themes on love. The film just had an instant charming tone, this was largely due to the connection to the main character, and her finding herself and delivering a different and non- generic message to the audience gave Spinster a charm that never went away. The film was also very funny, the type of relatable and blunt humour by Chelsea Peretti was right up my street,and made me laugh out loud on multiple different occasions balancing it's tones perfectly. I also really liked the different themes on love to other movies like this. I loved that the movie showed different themes to the usual generic rom com movie, it made it okay for women to be by themselves and too be happy, and also highlighted women wanting to focus on Careers first which reflects more on women in society today which is a good thing.

My only couple of negatives would be the rushed pacing and the slightly awkward performances/characters. The movie did feel very rushed for me in places, this made the impact of some heartfelt scenes or scenes for development for the characters didn't sink in as well as perhaps they could of done, I also found some of the performances fairly awkward to watch, the performances from Susan Kent Bill Carr were not great and I didn't connect to their characters whenever they were on screen and they were just awkward to watch on screen.

My final few positives would be the great character arc, clever script and unique and satisfying ending. The character arc for Gaby was one of the best parts of the movie, every scene or character contributed towards her arc and change as a person, and made her the person she was at the end of the movie, so it was well thought out and really made you connect with her character, the script was also really clever in terms of expressing different views of love an balancing the arguments for both, there was really insightful and clever things said about the pressures and stereotypes for women as well as contradicting that with insights into single women's life or regrets/ not needing to have kids which was great, and finally Spinster had a clever and unique ending, even if they went with the teased romantic ending I would have been happy due it feeling well earned and very charming, but in a way I am glad they made it a very satisfying end for Gaby as a character, accepting focusing on herself and her career and not needing a romantic relationship to do that so this was great.

Overall, despite a few off performances and slight pacing issues, Spinster is a charming and funny rom com. Which highlights Chelsea Peretti's comedic talents with a unique and fresh feeling rom com that doesn't go for the generic plot that you are used to.

I'm a lifelong single person. And I can't tell you how comforting it feels to see single women being celebrated in the big screen. I'm so sick of every movie all about finding someone.

This movie is really humorous and warm and just natural. Chelsea did a great job playing this sassy confident goofy person. I love that it doesn't hestitate to clap back at ridiculous single shaming. And thank God it didn't end with someone showing up and magically making everything better.

I had a great time watching this! Definitely hope that more and more films and movies will finally get on and realise that not everyone has to get paired up to be happy.