ChikPapa
Very disappointed :(
CheerupSilver
Very Cool!!!
SteinMo
What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.
leplatypus
Instead we have those 90 minutes of dull, empty movie ! I have never bend my knees to superstar, acclaimed artists so they have to prove me they do something really outstanding : here, i see nothing ! Sienna spends all the movie smoking, drinking, getting stoned, being immature and careless ! Based on the movie, i'm still wondering why Warhold is called an artist; sure he was original as he is totally numb, detached (and well played by Pearce); Fallon and Anakin Skywalker are funny co-stars and Sienna is really charming with 60s fashion but everybody is lost in a pseudo intellectual, hype movie that says, builds nothing, with no drama, no lines, no idea.. So it's a long music video that could have easily reduced to the famous 15 minutes !
dragokin
It seems that a lot of people were dissatisfied with portrayal of Andy Warhol and Bob Dylan in Factory Girl. The issues with the former might be in the eye of the beholder, yet the latter threatened legal action and prevented his name being mentioned in the movie. Therefore, at least one character in the movie might be labeled as fictional.Personally, i didn't expect absolute factual accuracy from a rather mainstream movie about Edie Sedgwick. Both aforementioned men are so prominent in the arts and culture of the twentieth century, that their depiction in a movie about a minor character in their lives won't change the viewers' opinion. Besides, it has all been seen in documentaries and other movies.But we are getting sidetracked by famous people who are supporting characters in a movie about the downfall of Edie Sedgwick. The easiest way to describe her would be spoiled rich child loosing grip on reality. In that sense Factory Girl would be one of many movies on the topic. However, it is obvious that she had been deranged before arriving to New York. One possible reason is electroshock treatment, prescribed back in the day even for minor mental problems.She meets Andy Warhol, a cold oedipal artist with suppressed homosexual desires. We might argue about the artistic merit of his work, yet in the movie he does what he does best: Connecting people and directing them according to his needs. The singer, the alter ego of Bob Dylan, apparently reaches out to Edie. He is more straightforward, interested in playing music, getting high and getting laid.This is not a healthy environment for anyone, especially not for a girl on drugs with a history of mental issues and considerable funds at her disposal. The outcome is predictable. However, the scary part is that in reality Edie Sedgwick managed to ruin herself in less than two years, not to mention the money spent to support the lifestyle.For me, Factory Girl is a movie about growing up and maturing in a very wrong way. It is an example how not to make choices in life. The influence of parents, friends and so-called friends is no excuse. The question is, of course, whether there had been other possibilities for Edie. Unfortunately, we'll never find that out.
TheAnimalMother
I am really sad to see the known name actors that chose to be involved in this terrible and quite frankly offencive piece of film-making. I have no side as to what is fact or fiction in this story, nor do I have any favouritism at all regarding any of the real life characters portrayed. However I have never felt so manipulated by a director/writers after watching a film. It is kind of like watching a film about how good drugs are for you, as made by the very people who sell them, and without them even making an attempt to be honest about anything at all. This film is so one sided, and clearly overly tries to make one character an innocent victim, and others the total reason for her entire downfall. Basically every aspect of the film also seems to be filled with corner cutting, nothing in the film is well developed at all. It is a complete joke. The really terrible thing about it all is that the film tries to come across as if it did really happen this way. However anyone who has ever even looked at more than a few years honestly in their entire lives, knows that nothing in real life resembles this total sham. I don't know what the whole truth is in terms of the events in this film. However any intelligent person wouldn't hesitate to wager their entire wealth (big or small), that this is not even nearly truth. This is a hateful film at it's core, and one of pure finger pointing and bitterness rather than any artistic observation or study at all. The director and writers should be sentenced to at least 5 years hard labour for this trash, where they can perhaps drop their ridiculousness and actually learn something about honesty and real life. The only reason I didn't give this film a bottom of the barrel rating is because Guy Pearce is really quite brilliant in it. The lone real bright spot in my view. My personal message to the director/writers who are obviously the most responsible for how this film comes across - We all make mistakes. Quit being part of the problem and be part of the solution towards embracing our reality. Then, and only then can we as a species truly move together in a positive direction. Finger pointing and throwing stones only equals broken bones and eventually the extinction of the entire human race. Grow the **** up!!2/10
MLDinTN
This movie was about like watching one of VH1s Behind the Music except call this behind the Artist. It's another tale of a rich, famous beautiful girl whose life falls apart mainly because of drugs and her dysfunctional family. Edie Sedgwick comes from a very rich family and is living in New York. She gets involved with Andy Warhol and being in his movies and his scene. They go out clubbing and she gets started into heavy drug use. She spends money like crazy and eventually her trust fund starts to run dry. She thinks others should feel sorry for her because she's been in a psych hospital and one of her brothers killed himself there. Another brother died in an accident. Warhol eventually gets tired of her and she's basically a mess, begging for money.The acting was good in this, especially Guy Pearce. I don't know much about Warhol since I don't give a hoot about art, but from what I've read, he seemed to have a dead on personation. And Sienna Miller played about the only role she's believable in, a messed up socialite.FINAL VERDICT: If you don't know much about Warhol, I say skip this.
