All the Real Girls

I dissent against this film while being a large fan of George Washington. That film was innovative in structure and style for a small budget film while retaining strands of realism that made the film stand out. DGG's follow up, All the Real Girls, only has the realism left over. The purpose is to make an honest and true love story, but capturing the minor moments of realism between a couple does not cut it. Any love story has to play to the experience of the audience. The film has some things to say about the meaning of a relationship, but has much more to say about the awkward moments in it. Capturing realism in such a story isn't truly capturing the real meaning of it. People will be reminded of similar moments instead of lasting impressions and meanings of a former love. Other filmmakers like Werner Herzog and Robert Altman had poor tendencies to question the best method of realism for a situation instead of ask questions about the morals and ideas of the story. DGG has a lot of potential and I root for him, but he invested in the wrong focus here.