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Tracy is a lonely college freshman, having neither the exciting university experience nor the glamorous metropolitan lifestyle she envisioned. But her life is turned upside down by her impetuous, adventurous soon-to-be stepsister.
The difference between a good screwball comedy and a great one is that you care about the screwballs, and in that sense, Mistress America is great indeed.
It's got a fast pace and screwball spirit, and is the closest thing Baumbach's done to pure comedy since his peerless debut picture 'Kicking and Screaming.' But there's a lot more going on here than just laughs.
[In the second half,] Baumbach is able to turn his loving gaze away from Gerwig long enough to let his actors shine and allow us to enjoy all the mayhem.