You won't be disappointed!

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Even as a fan of indie films and movies that are driven by character over plot, I found Tiny Furniture to be appallingly bad. The characters are all not only stereotypes but despicable people. The dialogue is as bad as the dialogue in The Phantom Menace. Absolutely nothing is learned by the characters, and if anything could be learned by the audience, it would be a brief, boring insight into the lives of very, very dull people.Aura, the protagonist is an entitled, self-pitying post-grad student who flounders awkwardly through bad choices and bratty behavior and passes it off as self discovery. Aura's mother fits every cliché of the rich, distant, oblivious parent who simultaneously fosters and disapproves of her daughter's bad habits. The men at whom Aura throws herself are the worst part of the film. These men are supposed to be presented to us as unique and deep--one is broke and a freeloader, but he makes YouTube videos in which he quotes Nietzsche while riding a rocking horse. The other is a cook who cheats on his girlfriend and only shows interest in Aura after she indicates she can get him pills, but--he reads novels and wears a fedora. These men take advantage of her in the most blatant ways possible, apparently without her noticing.However, it's hard to feel sympathy for Aura when people take advantage of her because she also takes advantage of others. She takes her mother's money, food, and wine without a thought and lies when confronted about it. She reads her mother's diary without permission and lets a man she just met live in her mother's bedroom while she's gone. Aura has one friend in the film who seems to truly care about her. And while Aura appears ready to do anything for her new friends who treat her like trash, she ignores, snubs, and drives away the one good friend.The plot plods through the mundane activities of Aura's days. The more mundane the activity, the harder she fails in completing it. She is constantly late for her job as a day hostess. She can't rouse herself to put on pants for half the film. She is often shot lying on the floor, even while carrying on conversations, babysitting, and showering. All in all, the film is about a lazy, self-indulgent child in the body of an adult who, for whatever reason, is unable to handle any measure of responsibility. Pretension and privilege drive the film, which seems meant to cater to the hipster/indie film crowd on the surface level, without the depth of many other films in the same genre. A depressing, cliché movie at best and an abomination at worst.

4/5 of the movie was entertaining, quirky, and funny...then it just ends with no resolve. I hate movies that do that. Give me the reason why I spent 1.5 hours watching a piece of fiction. Even documentaries about real life incidents have a resolve--sometimes happy, sometimes sad. For my tastes, a piece of fiction needs one, too.The main character, Aura, comes home from college, pretty much rudderless. So far, so good. Totally empathize with this, and I think many people that age feel that way. The successful artist mother and over-achieving sister are great foils for Aura. The entire story revolves around Aura and her inability to figure out what the heck she wants to do with her life as she maneuvers through some rather amusing relationships, both old and new, but then it just ends. Not one character changes in this story. Not the main character, who we are rooting for, nor any of the people she comes into contact with. So why did you waste my time? The point of no return towards the end for Aura is priceless. Sad, disgusting, and incredibly realistic, but kind of humorous,too. Unfortunately, folks, that's it. Even that doesn't get her out of her funk, or make her mother kick her in the butt and push her out of the nest.It just ends after her mother tells her she's certain that she'll be successful in her life. I say: Prove it to me, because the Aura you left me with is one that I think will still be living off of mama 25 years from now, and still whining about not knowing what direction she should take in her life.

Delightful and sweet, Tiny Furniture captures the essence of being fresh out of school and not knowing what the heck to do with yourself. Done for a very small budget, the cinematography, writing, acting are all great making it appear to have a larger budget. This is a classic indie style movie. The film is not a perfect movie but it is so entertaining and fun to watch that any flaws are forgotten. Nice to see non stars in the movie too and especially loved the Mother character. The relationship between the sisters was spot on, anyone who has a sister knows! I also liked the New York feel to the piece, the deprecating humor and the character of Charlotte. Felt very true to life.

This quiet, unassuming movie about a recent college graduate who moves back in with her mom and sister while trying to figure out what to do with her life got under my skin and stayed there.Director Lena Dunham, who also stars in the film as Aura, has a knack for putting together individual scenes that play as if nothing of much significance is happening in them, but that when put together as a whole reveal an awful lot about the lives of her characters. Much of the film follows Aura as she aimlessly hangs out with friends, meets guys, gets a job. She's awkward and maybe an easy target, but she's also sweet and harmless and easy enough to root for. She gets on her mom's nerves and vice versa, fights with her sister, and overstays her welcome in her mom's house. We've seen it all before, right? Not really. "Tiny Furniture" may be about subject matter we've seen done a hundred times, but it felt like a totally unique take on it. In fact, it's not until the film's final moments, and when you're thinking about it afterwards, that you realize the movie isn't really that much about Aura's ennui and lack of direction; it's about her relationship with her mom, a fact that's easy to overlook by the small amount of screen time the mom has. By the end of the movie, Aura's increasingly destructive and increasingly disturbing behavior seems less like a lonely girl's attempts to fill the boring hours of her day, and instead like the ever-more-desperate attempt of a child trying to force an absentee parent into taking notice of her.This is a really wonderful movie with tiny nuances in the direction and acting that set it apart from other indie films like it.Grade: A