Chronicling the teenage period, this movie follows Angela, a young teenager high school girl, who does her best to cope with her teenage period and face the cruelty of boys.
This collection presents the show as being of a particular time that only gets further away from us, but also as timeless in its achingly realistic portrayal of adolescent angst.
The built-in obstacle for a dramatic series about teen-age life that aims to engage an adult audience has to do with its level of sophistication. My So-Called Life bravely takes on this problem, and even adds a degree of difficulty.
The show is so beautifully, dreamily shot--almost to a fault sometimes--that watching nothing happen to earnest, angsty, teenage philosopher Angela again was pretty fun.
In subsequent weeks the series settles into a more predictable and sentimental mold, reminiscent of The Wonder Years, but it is still superior TV The debut episode is so poignant and so powerful, however, it deserves separate consideration.
There have been many successful coming-of-age teen television shows over the years, but what had been missing for so long was realism, and MSCL's quality may have actually helped lead to its demise.
The central character in My So-Called Life feels so real. Like many adolescents, she -- and the series -- can be off-putting at first, but it doesn't take long to develop a deep attachment to her.
Ostensibly concerned with the lives of teenagers the show revealed itself to be a greater and more nuanced examination on the interconnectedness of family, friends, time, and place.
