Tasteful, bittersweet look at youth and suburbia. Largely themed, this movie offers a shocking (litterally, I couldn't sleep after watching it) and beutiful look at the meaninglessness, hypocrisy and hollowness of suburbia and "respectable", bourgeois society, the slow but steady death of nature at the hands of the human race, the voyeuristic nature of the media and the idealization of youth and what it really is (spontaneous, awkward, rebelious, inmature, vivid sexuality).
I think it had lots of symbolism as well. Firstly, the contrast between the slow motion takes of the girls in the ideal innocence and beauty of girlhood, and the normal takes when you are able to see what's behind all that crap, the reality. The ironic connection between the trees' sickness and the lives of the girls and people of suburbia in general, specially between Cecilia and the elm.
The performances were all great in the perfect ammount: not too pretencious or too over the top, but not unnoticed. I couldn't take Kirsten Dunst seriously, but after seeing this and Marie Antoinette, I certainly think she's got potencial.
Above all, it is tastefully and beautifully done, everything from the yellowish colors to the scenery and clothing, as well as the camera work, the music, everything.
Ten out of ten, thumbs up for Sofia Coppola!
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