Charles Rogers & Sara-Violet Bliss' Fort Tilden is an extremely funny and insightful examination of the quarter life crisis, which follows two Brooklyn hipsters in Allie and Harper, who are each struggling to find their place in post-adolescence. With the stagnation of life weighing them down, Allie has decided to join the Peace Corps as a way of doing something with her life, while Harper remains perfectly comfortable being bankrolled by her father. In an effort to avoid responsibility, the two friends embark on a lengthy journey to the beach at Fort Tilden, but along their journey they run into a series of escalating inconveniences which in turn makes each of them reevaluate their life plans. Featuring two star-making turns by Clare McNulty and Bridey Elliot as Allie and Harper, as well as a sharp and clever script, Fort Tilden is a very enjoyable comedy about the pitfalls of extended adolescence which offers some valuable insights into friendship. A pretty good example of why characters don't have to be likable in a film for it to be considered a success, Fort Tilden offers up two characters in Allie and especially Harper who are essentially the definition of privileged. Harper isn't a very likeable character, and the strain that she begins to cause Allie is one of the strongest aspects of the entire film, as Fort Tilden uses this friendship to delivery some profound insights into social groups. Fort Tilden exposes how these ttwo characters have essentially become dependent of one and other, as the film captures the entrapment one can experience when having the same small social circle for a long time. Fort Tilden captures the roles that can develop in social situations, as Allie has essentially become the pushover, which only enables Harper's privilege. While Fort Tilden works as a very funny comedy alone, what makes the film truly impressive is the well developed characterizations of its two main characters, enabling the film to delivery some poignant insights into the mid-20s, post-collage era of life.
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