Tiny Furniture

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Category: Comedy

Year: 2010

Rating: 5.5/10 (165 votes)

Director: Lena Dunham

Country: USA

Language: English

Runtime: 98 min

Taglines: Aura would like you to know that she is having a very, very hard time.

Movie Storyline
About a recent college grad who returns home while she tries to figure out what to do with her life.

Cast:
Lena Dunham - Aura
Laurie Simmons - Siri
Grace Dunham - Nadine
Jemima Kirke - Charlotte
Alex Karpovsky - Jed
David Call - Keith
Merritt Wever - Frankie
Amy Seimetz - Ashlynn
Garland Hunter - Noelle
Isen Ritchie - Jacob
Mike S. Ryan - Homeless Man

Sound Mix: Dolby SR

Color: Color

Filming Locations: Tribeca, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Soundtracks:
"Hide and Seek" Written by Jordan Galland

Official Site(s): Official site |

User Review:

Enjoyable But Over Praised , rated: 5/10
TINY FURNITURE should be commended - a young filmmaker uses her mom's loft and her actual mom and sister to play her mom and sister - shoots it on a HD video camera for about 50k and becomes an Indie Film darling! That is amazing and I love hearing stories like this. Dunham is very talented and there are great scenes in this movie but the rave reviews are waaaaay over the top. Slow down. The film just meanders - it starts to repeat itself and I found the ending lacking. I do not need everything all tied up in a bow for me and I love films that just mosey a long (Stranger in Paradise, etc.) but after awhile - the film does just seem like a bunch of scenes stitched together without any payoff of any kind. I get that many young people will totally relate with the story of a college graduate having no idea what to do with her life and Dunham is perfect in the role - in fact, it was refreshing to see a woman as a lead who looks like her - she is dumpy with thick legs, a big butt and she walks around a lot of the movie pantless - which is great - that's how a lot of people walk around in the privacy of their own home. I'm glad to hear this indie has led to a bunch of other projects for her - congrats. I hope she learns how to write a better story next time. (Oh - and the girl who plays her crazy friend Charlotte is absolutely terrific!!)