While the film has been shorthand-marketed as "The Hangover for girls," Nicole Holofcener's first film, Walking and Talking, is more Bridesmaids' thematic forebear; what surprises most is how Wiig, in a winning, vanity-free star turn, tweaks her signature deadpan delivery to get at very real, very raw emotions.
"Frances Ha" is a quiet story about a complicated female friendship, perhaps the best treatment of that subject since Nicole Holofcener's "Walking and Talking."
Stephen Whitty | For Inside Jersey, Stephen Whitty, For Inside Jersey, www.facebook.com, stephen.whitty.film•NJ.com•May 17, 2013