Daydream Nation (2010) - Kat Dennings

‘Daydream Nation’ is an uncomfortable place to visit

Watching Daydream Nation is an uncomfortable experience, and not because it involves student-teacher sex or the looming threat of a small-town serial killer, or even because it’s kind of dull. No, the most squirm-inducing aspect of this coming-of-age-ish movie is the amount of effort that has gone into making it feel like the smart, off-kilter, affecting alterna-teen romance-fable it so desperately wants to be.

‘Daydream Nation’ is an uncomfortable place to visit Read More