20th century girl

genre : soul crushing (romance)

score : 10/10

tropes : first love, “friend helps friend find love” setup, mistaken focus leads to own romance, memory/nostalgia-driven storytelling

movie

set in 1999, this is a coming-of-age romance about first love, friendship, and growing up. a girl starts spying on her best friend’s crush to help her out… and accidentally falls for the boy’s best friend instead.

sounds cute right? wrong.

if you want to cry your actual eyes out, watch this movie. like devastating. soul crushing. i finished it and just stared at the wall for a while