Ginger and Rosa are two teenage girls finding their paths in 1960s England. Conveying the naivete of growing up in the 60's, where all things seem clear cut, this film examines the freedoms and risks of the generation. The contrasts between the two characters, childhood friends, are jarring, as they often are in real life. Whilst Ginger looks like the one who is going to challenge attitudes, it is actually Rosa's behaviour, and that of Ginger's parents, that rap hard against the prevailing conservatism of the day. At times inspiring admiration, at other times inspiring disappointment, these two central characters, and the fantastic supporting cast, will certainly make you think and feel.

A Okay film from writer and director Sally Potter. Don't let the title fool you, this movie is about Ginger (played by the incredible Elle Fanning) much more then Rosa (played by Alice Englert). However, the great acting and great cinematography don't make up for the major problems in the screenplay. Ginger and Rosa are supposed to be childhood friends, but this isn't established very well in the exposition. The noticeable age difference between the lead actresses doesn't help either. Watch it for the Acting must of all, Maybe if Elle Fanning Wins an Oscar one day, this can be remembered as an early showcase of her talents.

Even though the film had great acting, good cast, good script and all that for most of the film, it was very dull. In my opinion. It wasn't until 10 minutes before the end it started to pick up. The last 10 minutes was the best part out the film, the rest was OK but I did end up skipping some parts. The part where Ginger was crying and her mum was trying to get the truth out of her was probably the most emotional scene or when the mum attempted suicide. There should have been more emotional scenes, for instance, more drama between Ginger and Rosa's families. Just that extra thing would have made the film so much more interesting. Having said that, I prefer films with more emotion anyway, I don't know if this film was meant to based around that but I think it would have been a better film if it was.

Ginger & Rosa is a deceptive title because this slight tale is intensely about Ginger (Elle Fanning), whose life is affected by Rosa (Alice Englert), but still defined by her own sense of herself and her notions of right and wrong.A minimalist treatment of seventeen-year old Ginger as she faces crises personal and global, this portrait captures her emergence from happy childhood, certified by a perpetual smile, into a thoughtful young woman whose demeanor reflects her growing cynicism about the world and the people she loves.Her London and the world in 1962 are awash in nuclear fear, crystallized in the Cuban Missile Crisis; Ginger is deeply concerned about the potential of the end of that world, so much so that she attends a rally for nuclear disarmament. Her father, Roland, is a free thinker who has influenced her autonomous thinking but whose own libertarian ways threaten Ginger's sense of the right balance as she sees it.Leaving her mother to stay with her father in effect untethers her from maternal protection and throws her into a world where even her best friend, Rosa can no longer provide her a sense of security. As Ginger loses faith in her father, her best friend also threatens to blast her sense of proportion in a growingly hostile world.The common antidote for this cynicism is forgiveness, as the world both macro and micro, is rife with disappointment. The minimalism doesn't always work in the film's favor, for the development of the plot, begging a full resolution of Ginger's relationship to the world, her family, and her friend, leaves me needing another ninety minutes.Ginger and Rosa, better than any other films of its kind in recent memory, carries the angst of the '60's in to 2013, and while obsession with the bomb has faded, the disappointments of young teenage girls over the imperfect world are constant and their optimism still intact: "Despite the horror and sorrow, I love our world." (Ginger)