People are voting emotionally.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

From independent film director Sally Potter comes this small tale about friendship in the early 1960s as the world is heading towards the Cuban missile crisis. Ginger & Rosa is about two teenage girls growing up together. Ginger (Elle Fanning) and Rosa (Alice Englert), are 17 years old both on the verge of entering adulthood but having fun together, discussing religion, politics, playing truant and jumping in cars with boys.Ginger though is facing a personal crisis. Her parents have separated, her bohemian and free thinking father might be a womanizer and the dangers in the world is causing her to be filled with dread. Ginger gets involved with the nuclear disarmament movement and her relationship with Rosa enters an upheaval that threatens to shatter both families.The film starts interestingly enough especially with the casting which for a tale set in Britain has rather a lot of American actors such as Oliver Platt, Annette Bening, Christina Hendricks and Fanning who is excellent. Englert herself is Australian but the tale gets dull rather quickly and only livens up at the end. Just as the film gets interesting and the actors elevate the drama it finishes.

Sally Potter picked a swinging jazz score to jar with the films emotions,confusion,loss,insecurity,and thereby lies the agenda the film,life carries on with its trivialities and banality despite the threat to mass humanity.Well for some people it carries on,the Rosa of the title experiencing the teen freedom of the 60's,whilst her friend Ginger bites her nails in anxiety of impending missiles,and family breakdown.It's here that I come to Elle Fannings performance.Against the background of a good but not brilliant film,and adults acting badly(only some of them),she has a fairly good Brit accent,but more than that,she acts in such pain and anxiety,that she made me cry(I am British,I disagree with crying,so that says something).The failings of all those adults around her,and her increasing hysteria at the impending missile threat is heart breaking.The end scene especially,she holds her own,watch this film purely for that superb acting.

5.9? Really?Elle Fanning's best performance. She is incredible in Ginger & Rosa and conveys so many emotions believably. She completely disappears into her role, so much you forget it is Elle Fanning. Her performance is heart- breaking and beautiful. The other members of the ensemble which include Alessandro Nivola, Annette Benning, Christina Hendricks, Timothy Spall and Oliver Platt are great. My main problem with the film, though, is Alice Englert's performance. She seemed too detached from the film and Fanning and Englert's chemistry was very one-sided. Fanning was trying much harder than Englert to give the two characters a large amount of chemistry because after all, the two characters had been friends since they were born.The screenplay, also written by Sally Potter, is smart and engaging. There is a very strong plot here and the actors all bring their well- written characters to life. It's a great coming-of-age tale with the best performance by a young actor/actress this year, Elle Fanning. It's worth checking out.Read my full review of Ginger & Rosa and many other film reviews at www.thecheapseatsfilmreviews.weebly.com.

This is my first review, and I am writing coz of less number of reviews and voting for this film. Saw it last night, and must say my patience was tested in first half of movie, after that it became a compelling drama. Potter establishes her characters well, and we get a good insight of characters. I like how she open and closes movie with same scene but different scenarios, and wrapping it up nicely.The cinematography and background score were apt to the era of 60s, but they made movie look sluggish and this is where the problem lied. Second half is where things pick up, and Ginger realize that along with saving world, she also needs to deal with crisis happening in her world. Elle Fanning is a young actress, and gives a lot of facial expressions, like her sister, but she also infuses life to Ginger. I give it 7.