Review: Desiree Akhavan's Satisfying And Irreverent Rom-Com 'Appropriate Behavior'
The feature debut of Desiree Akhavan, “Appropriate Behavior” opens with the writer/director/star casually carrying a strap-on dildo down a Brooklyn street. Therein lies both the irony that makes the title so humorous and the thesis statement of her film. Akhavan is going to take her sexuality and walk it down the street for all to see—but in a cool, funny, casual way, with a healthy dose of irreverent self-awareness. Akhavan stars as Shirin, a bisexual Brooklynite going through a devastating breakup with her girlfriend Maxine. Читать дальше...