Thanks to a tip from friends Dan and Susan, we discovered the 2016 movie, "Carrie Pilby." I had never heard of this movie, although I don't think that retired folks of a certain age - us! - were not the target audience for this one.
It is the story of a young Englishwoman prodigy (she graduated from Harvard at age 18) living alone in New York City. Still shaken from the death of her mother when she was twelve, Carrie is alone in NYC, and as smart as she is, she is having trouble adjusting to life. In fact, she's pretty messed up. She is seeing a therapist to help her cope, even though she's too smart to be doing so, she thinks. At her father's insistence, she takes a job as a proofreader in a law firm, where she meets some "real" people.
This movie could - COULD - have been about an unlikable, over-entitled brat, but in the hands of first time director Susan Johnson and a completely engaging performance by Bel Powley as Carrie, the movie becomes a quite charming and even heartwarming coming-of-age teen RomCom.
Bel Powley is an English actress who was totally unknown to me, but I found her to be thoroughly delightful. She is somebody for whom I will want to keep my eyes open. Also in the cast where Nathan Lane as her therapist, Gabriel Byrne as her father, Josh Ritter as a blind date of Carrie's, and as her work girlfriend, Vanessa Bayer, and SNL vet who was a real hoot.
One really great scene is when Carrie and her good looking next door neighbor (William Moseley) take a walk through the New York streets at night. The scene is shot in one continuous take with the two of them walking towards the camera. Really nice.
Really fun little movie. Three Stars from The Grandstander.
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