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'Now and And then' at 25: Girlhood Finally Taken Seriously
This motion-picture show about inseparable tweens and the grown-ups they became was dismissed in 1995. Today it'south cherished by waves of new fans for the weight it gives their stories.
When "Now and Then" was released in 1995, information technology had the makings of a hit: an A-list cast, a coming-of-age narrative about an unbreakable sisterhood, a nostalgic filter and an underlying mystery. At the time, information technology was sidelined, panned by critics and largely forgotten. That hasn't stopped it from gaining a cult following in the 25 years since, condign a touchstone for girls yearning to be seen.
Even in the '90s, a movie that focused on the ability of female friendships wasn't exactly reinventing the cycle — "Thelma and Louise," "The Kickoff Wives Club" and "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" were just a few of the films exploring this theme. Just just "At present and so" examined such friendships while besides giving the complexities of girlhood a weight that coming-of-age films typically neglected.
Written past I. Marlene King and directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, "Now and And so" followed four preteens in Indiana grappling with friendship, puberty and grief during a life-changing summertime in 1970. Samantha (Gaby Hoffmann) is a loner fascinated by the supernatural. Teeny (Thora Birch) yearns for stardom. Roberta (Christina Ricci) is a rebellious tomboy. And Crissy (Ashleigh Aston Moore) is a naïve prude who abhors blasphemous. They bond over cemetery séances, games of Ruby-red Rover and the mystery of what happened to a boy named Dear Johnny.
In the "at present" of 1991 (when the picture show actually begins), the four — remembering their childhood vow to always be there for one some other — reunite in their hometown, where Chrissy is preparing to requite birth. It's been a decade since they've been together, and they're in drastically unlike places: Samantha (now played past Demi Moore) is a depressed sci-fi author and Teeny (Melanie Griffith) is a movie star, while Roberta (Rosie O'Donnell), a gynecologist, and Chrissy (Rita Wilson), a housewife, never left.
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Released in Oct 1995, "Now and Then" was a box part success, earning $37.five one thousand thousand worldwide on a budget of $12 million. Just it was largely dismissed past critics. Roger Ebert labeled information technology a "gimmicky sitcom," and The New York Times called it "a picayune deadening and much too predictable." Reviewers generally considered the star-studded cast of adults to be an unnecessary improver.
"Now so" was also flooded with comparisons to — and ultimately overshadowed past — "Stand By Me," the 1986 coming-of-historic period drama well-nigh four boys. Both films were summertime retrospectives nearly close-knit friends during a transitional period in their lives who were faced with the realities of impending machismo. But the earlier film was nominated for two Golden Globes and an Oscar, while "At present and Then" was snubbed and viewed as derivative. With the exceptions of "The Baby-Sitters Gild" (as well 1995), which glossed over heavier discipline matters, and "My Girl" (1991), which wasn't centered on female person friendship, few narratives at the time focused on girlhood. It was as if girls were supposed to meet themselves through boys' optics, not their own.
Just thanks to a variety of factors — including its stars, each with their ain followings, and repeated airings on cable Tv — the film became a sleepover staple and won over new audiences through the years. When fans rediscovered it was on Netflix (it's since left but can be seen on Amazon Prime and iTunes), a Twitter frenzy broke out.
Prototype
In the mode that "Sex and the Metropolis" devotees identified as a Samantha or a Charlotte, viewers saw their personalities echoed in the foursome — for instance, the girly Teeny or tomboy Roberta. For these viewers, the flashback sequences make it a quintessential summer film, an era-defining time capsule when Nancy Sinatra boots, culottes and informal bike rides were mutual, and the Archies' "Saccharide Sugar" and Tony Orlando's "Knock Three Times" were hits.
More important, "At present and Then" showed tween girls every bit fully realized characters who weren't written off or secondary. Tackling death and grief, along with budding sexuality gave their stories weight when narratives about female person adolescence were frequently surface-level.
Accept the search for Dear Johnny. It proves to be a powerful force: a lark for Sam, whose parents are splitting up; a connection for Teeny, who feels abased by her absent country-club parents; an run a risk for a sheltered Chrissy; and a way for Roberta to confront her mother's death. It's this dark journey to uncover the town's hidden mystery about what happened to Dear Johnny that helps the friends save i another and find themselves.
What also made "Now and Then" a singular force is the awkward preteen moments that often remain unspoken between friends and are rarely shown onscreen. These inseparable girls can tell each other nigh the pudding-filled balloons they wear every bit they eagerly expect developing breasts because "Clot-O is too jiggly" or that y'all tin't really become pregnant from a French kiss. In some ways, the movie can be seen as a design for the tender, cringeworthy moments between best friends more than ii decades later in "Lady Bird" (bingeing on Communion crackers while comparison notes on masturbating) or the Netflix series "Never Have I Ever" (making awkward TikTok videos).
Though in the "now" of "Now and Then," the friends' reconciliation initially reveals cracks in their relationships. After the nascence of Chrissy'southward baby, they find common basis reminiscing about the summer of 1970 in their quondam treehouse. Information technology's an all-too-familiar feeling of reuniting with babyhood friends and instantly realizing you're clinging to what connected you in the past and struggling to relate in the present.
Paradigm
But the in one case-close friends yearn to exist reunited with their former preteen selves as well, and opening upward to one another is a dose of nostalgia they need. In doing then, for example, Samantha can finally confront that she's spent years solitary because she pushes people away. And it extends to reality: Sometimes being with the people you knew during your determinative years tin help you lot acknowledge uncomfortable truths that y'all've avoided. Because even later whatever fourth dimension apart, they nevertheless know you all-time.
Years later, the picture laid the groundwork for "Pretty Little Liars," an ABC Family series that followed iv inseparable friends and included murder mysteries and undercover meetings in cemeteries. Rex, the showrunner of that series, reunited with Glatter, who directed the pilot and finales for the first two seasons. Together they "really wanted it to be 'At present and And then' meets 'Twin Peaks' for teenage girls," Rex told Vulture.
The success of "Pretty Little Liars" also renewed involvement in "At present so." During the third flavour of the show, King was set to piece of work on a TV version of the movie for ABC Family, though information technology never got off the basis. "They wanted to modify it and then the 'now' was nowadays day and the 'then' would be the '90s," King told Entertainment Weekly. Moving the timeline from the 1970s "ruins how special the movie is," she said.
In 2020, the influence of "Now and Then" can be detected in pop culture in other means. Without it, it'south possible that "Booksmart," "8th Grade" and "Lady Bird" might not take seen disquisitional success. Further, coming-of-historic period movies for girls at present even seem like a popular trope. At its core, "Now then" was about the intensity of female friendship and the discomfort of growing up — realities that we all know just were finally best-selling onscreen.
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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/movies/now-and-then-anniversary.html
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