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Metropolitan
Why this pick
Stillman’s earlier New York social comedy shares the dry, exquisitely mannered dialogue, post-college uncertainty, and affectionate scrutiny of status-conscious young people.
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MOVIE1998 1h 53m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In the "very early 1980s," Alice Kinnon and Charlotte Pingress, two recent Hampshire College graduates, work in a New York City publishing house as poorly paid readers. After work one night, they are able to enter an exclusive disco nightclub, where Alice is hoping to socialize with Jimmy Steinway, who works in advertising and uses the nightclub to entertain clients. Jimmy is ill-tempered because he has been barred from bringing clients to the nightclub and is eventually kicked out by his friend Des McGrath, who works as a manager at the club but whose job is in jeopardy for allowing Jimmy and his clients inside. After Jimmy leaves, Alice takes Charlotte's advice to go home with her second choice, Tom Platt. At work the following morning, Charlotte and Alice talk with other editors about how to fast-track their careers. They also decide to move in together with a third girl, Holly, as they cannot afford to pay rent on their own. Despite Alice's reluctance, the women eventually settle on a railroad apartment.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Chloë Sevigny
Alice
Kate Beckinsale
Charlotte
Matt Keeslar
Josh
Tara Subkoff
Holly
Chris Eigeman
Des
Robert Sean Leonard
Tom
Jennifer Beals
Nina
Matt Ross
Dan