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Tiny Furniture (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] (2010)

Lena Dunham , Lena Dunham  |  Unrated |  Blu-ray
3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Lena Dunham
  • Directors: Lena Dunham
  • Format: AC-3, Blu-ray, Color, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: Unrated
  • Studio: Criterion Collection
  • DVD Release Date: February 14, 2012
  • Run Time: 99 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00687XNVM
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,080 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Special Features

New digital transfer

Director Lena Dunham talks about filmmaking and autobiography in a new interview

New interview with writer-director Paul Schrader

Creative Nonfiction, Dunham's first feature film

Four short films by Dunham

Trailer

PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Phillip Lopate


Editorial Reviews

Lena Dunham got her start making YouTube videos, but she emerged as a major talent thanks to the breakthrough success of this exceptionally sharp comedy, which garnered the twenty-four-year-old writer-director-actor comparisons to the likes of Woody Allen. The filmmaker herself plays Aura, a recent college graduate who returns to New York and moves back in with her mother and sister (played by their real-life counterparts). Though Aura is gripped by stasis and confusion about her future, Dunham locates endless sources of refreshing humor in her plight. As painfully confessional as it is endlessly amusing, Tiny Furniture is an authentic, incisive portrait of a young woman at a crossroads.

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This movie is flat, very boring, with no story line whatsoever. Speechless  |  12 reviewers made a similar statement
The characters are "real" in the sense that they are deeply pathetic and depressed. Christopher Mueller  |  19 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Amazon Instant Video
When Lena Dunham's "Tiny Furniture" debuted in 2010, it became somewhat of a critical darling with near unanimous praise from mainstream outlets. Heck, Dunham even won an Independent Spirit Award for its screenplay. While the film is an interesting, if somewhat slight, indie--it probably plays to a more niche market than the critics would have you suspect. Dunham's work (she is its writer, director, and star) and characters ably showcase a combination of post-collegiate ennui and over-educated (and pseudo-intellectual) entitlement. Set in a fashionable New York City young, artistic and urban environment--the film's sardonic tone and cultural critique was sometimes reminiscent (to me) of the works of Whit Stillman (Metropolitan) but with an edgier and more modernized vibe. But the quirky story, which can be quite funny, also achieves a quiet poignancy when you least expect it. I suspect that, in many ways, "Tiny Furniture" will be fairly divisive when discovered by a wider audience. While I do think many will embrace its plentiful charms, I think it will have just as many detractors who might not connect with its core characters.

Dunham plays a recent film school graduate who returns home to live with her mother and sister in New York. Reeling with uncertainty, she has no idea what to do with her life. She reconnects with old friends, take a entry level job, spars with her sister and generally just goes with the flow with a rather apathetic view toward the future. Some of the film's funniest moments are provided by the almost elitist and superior set of friends that Dunham weaves throughout the picture. Kids who have more confidence and entitlement than ambition or talent.
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35 of 42 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars An amusing movie about ANNOYING people. November 29, 2011
Format:Blu-ray
I FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN THE CRITERION BLU RAY. THIS IS A REVIEW OF THE MOVIE ITSELF. I PUT IT OUT HERE, BECAUSE I THINK SO FEW PEOPLE HAVE HEARD OF IT OR KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. TO THOSE WHO THINK WRITING A REVIEW FOR A PRODUCT THAT ISN'T OUT YET IS "BAD"...I APOLOGIZE.

Aura has just finished college in Ohio. Her major is Film Theory. Her boyfriend of 3 years has broken up with her, however. With no job prospects and no love life, she returns to the NYC home of her mother and her gifted younger sister Nadine. She spends a lot of time moping and she half-heartedly restarts a friendship with the far perkier, but clearly spoiled and selfish Charlotte. She takes a low paying job as a day hostess. She half-heartedly dates a Youtube star she meets at a party and she half-heartedly flirts with a good-looking but attached chef at her restaurant.

Aura is utterly aimless...and it is her aimlessness that is the focus of director/writer/star Lena Dunham's TINY FURNITURE. It's a very low-budget film that depicts lots of listless young people doing a lot of whining, navel-gazing and engaging in sharp-edged banter. The movie shows us a very tiny little particular sub-culture of humanity (bored, over-educated, under-employed New York City residents with artistic pretensions). It feels very real and specific...yet the people we meet are extremely aggravating. Some will find them actively upsetting. I found most of them to be beneath getting worked up about...but just low-grade annoyances. And absolutely NOT people I'd want to spend time with.

Aura makes mistakes with both men...but neither of them was right for her anyway.
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34 of 41 people found the following review helpful
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If you've enjoyed GIRLS, you will also enjoy this film. I respect what this movie is trying to do, but I cannot endorse it.

This movie is trying to explore the angst and sadness that comes from leaving college and entering the real world. A protected undergraduate world full of academic concerns and intellectual friendships transitioning to an awful job, moving back in with one's family, a realization that the real world is not ivory towers and existential debates. It's a common plight in modern times, and surely many can relate.

I have to say, though, this movie impossible to watch. The characters are "real" in the sense that they are deeply pathetic and depressed. The dialogue is sharp and biting and blatantly (disgustingly) poetic. Mostly the dialogue is awkward, but moreover is incredibly disrespectful and antagonist. The characters are so thoroughly misdirected and unpleasant, it's not worth describing them as "real". Rather, they are caricatures of angst, depression, and loneliness. I have never met "real" people who are as consistently making such stupid decisions and who have such little respect for other human beings. Also, "real" people smile sometimes.

The whole movie is ugly: wallowing in pathos with no real plot or direction. And that's the whole point.
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32 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
When Lena Dunham's "Tiny Furniture" debuted in 2010, it became somewhat of a critical darling with near unanimous praise from mainstream outlets. Heck, Dunham even won an Independent Spirit Award for its screenplay. While the film is an interesting, if somewhat slight, indie--it probably plays to a more niche market than the critics would have you suspect. In that way, it seems an ideal choice for a boutique Criterion presentation. Dunham's work (she is its writer, director, and star) and characters ably showcase a combination of post-collegiate ennui and over-educated (and pseudo-intellectual) entitlement. Set in a fashionable New York City young, artistic and urban environment--the film's sardonic tone and cultural critique was sometimes reminiscent (to me) of the works of Whit Stillman (Metropolitan) but with an edgier and more modernized vibe. But the quirky story, which can be quite funny, also achieves a quiet poignancy when you least expect it. I suspect that, in many ways, "Tiny Furniture" will be fairly divisive when discovered by a wider audience. While I do think many will embrace its plentiful charms, I think it will have just as many detractors who might not connect with its core characters.

Dunham plays a recent film school graduate who returns home to live with her mother and sister in New York. Reeling with uncertainty, she has no idea what to do with her life. She reconnects with old friends, take a entry level job, spars with her sister and generally just goes with the flow with a rather apathetic view toward the future. Some of the film's funniest moments are provided by the almost elitist and superior set of friends that Dunham weaves throughout the picture. Kids who have more confidence and entitlement than ambition or talent.
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5.0 out of 5 stars wonderfully quirky film
A wonderfully idiosyncratic, quirky film with the oh so talented Lena Dunham and a cast of delightful characters. Nothing happens and a lot happens. Read more
Published 2 days ago by Gail W. Monaco
3.0 out of 5 stars Clever Script - Horrible Ending
good cast and well written - has an HBO 'Girls' vibe. It's the story of a young woman, fresh out of school, trying to find her way. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Robert J. Steiner
1.0 out of 5 stars Ugh.
Go no-where, self indulgent angst-y movie and main character set within a plotless script. Very boring, characters barely developed. Camera work, same. Read more
Published 6 days ago by dm
3.0 out of 5 stars Wasn't what I was expecting
I feel like Girls is a much better version of what this movie was trying to be. It had it's funny moments, but at times I felt like I was just watching a day in the life of an... Read more
Published 6 days ago by Kristin
5.0 out of 5 stars Genius!
I love Lena Dunham. Period. This movie is quirky and fun. Enjoyable and entertaining. I can't wait for her to make another one!!
Published 13 days ago by E. Debarr
3.0 out of 5 stars Brush your damn hair.
I'm so confused by Lena Dunham. As a third generation post-feminist, I have a knee-jerk reaction to defend her. But, her shtick is just so tiresome. Read more
Published 17 days ago by SallySaysSo
3.0 out of 5 stars Lena Dunham offbeat comedy
"Tiny Furniture" is an independent film, starring Lena Dunham of "Girls" fame, before her time on Girls. Read more
Published 1 month ago by B. Adducchio
4.0 out of 5 stars She (Lena) is this generation's Jim Jarmausch.
It was a very funny movie. If you ever been that age, you know that girl or you've dated her. So I could relate to this story.
I think she's this generation's Jim Jarmausch. Read more
Published 1 month ago by RonDePlume
4.0 out of 5 stars inventive
A reflection of Gen X life in metro USA. Clever and inventive. Main Character
very convincing and poignant. I like it, though I'm a Boomer.
Published 2 months ago by B. Johnson
2.0 out of 5 stars Basically a Pilot for Girls, I'd Guess
I'll admit to having watched this, and even to having chuckled a few times. But it made me feel vaguely unclean. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Charles Curtis
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