Line #57 Film/AccordingToGreta


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3	''According to Greta'' (also known as ''Surviving Summer'' in the UK and ''Greta'' in Australia) is a 2009 American independent drama-character study film starring Music/HilaryDuff, Creator/EllenBurstyn, Creator/MichaelMurphy, Creator/EvanRoss, and Creator/MelissaLeo. Set in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, and directed by Creator/NancyBardawil.
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5	Greta (Hilary Duff) O'Donnell-Humphrey-Monroe is seventeen. She is bright and beautiful. She is also rebellious as a consequence of her turbulent home life. She arms herself with sarcasm that barely disguises her hurt. For example, she often alludes to suicide and to the many ways in which she plans to end her life. Pushed aside by her mother, Karen, who is on her third marriage and counting, Greta is shipped off to her grandparents for the summer. She is not happy about it and neither are her grandparents. In fact, she tells them that she fully intends to kill herself before the summer is over and compiles a notebook of suicide methods.
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7	Greta's snarky ways result in her getting a job at a local seafood restaurant. While working there, her odd sense of humour makes her attractive to many customers. Greta falls for a charismatic short-order cook named Julie, only to find out he was once incarcerated in a juvenile correctional facility for stealing cars. His experience made him determined to do something positive with his life and he attempts to convince Greta to not give up on hers...
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9	Hilary Duff's darkest and edgiest film to date. The film had a rating of 1.25 million viewers on its December 28, 2011 broadcast on the CW network which made it the most-watched film of the week. It currently holds a rating of 75% on Rotten Tomatoes based on four reviews.
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13	* AbusiveParents: There are some implications Greta's mother neglects and un-prioritizes Greta's many problems. Her father is revealed to [[spoiler:have shot himself in front of her while she was child]].
14	* AllergicToRoutine: Greta mentions she doesn't care about the routine of school, having a job, or anything like that.
15	%%* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Julie.
16	%%* AntiHero: Greta.
17	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The movie's happy ending shows some hope for the family.
18	* BookSmart: Greta's an A-student.
19	* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Defines this trope.
20	* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Inverted.
21	* CassandraTruth: Greta does think of committing suicide often nobody believes her though.
22	* CelibateHero: Julie. [[spoiler: When Greta wants to have sex with him, he refuses, because he wants to be more for her than just something on her to-do-list.]]
23	* CharacterDevelopment: Greta does eventually apologize, her mother does stop distancing herself from her child, and her grandmother eventually stops antagonizing Greta.
24	* ComingOfAgeStory: Of the extremely dark kind. Greta herself wants to avert the whole thing by killing herself.
25	* ConflictBall: Greta's grandmother intentionally starts fights and calls her the enemy to almost excessive lengths
26	* DaddysGirl: And Granddad's girl really. She gets along with her paternal people more than with her maternal relationships.
27	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Greta just keeps referring to random moments of pain almost casually, and everybody has their own secrets.
28	* DarkerAndEdgier: Compare to any of Hilary Duff's previous films.
29	* DeadpanSnarker: The movie's selling point was "Hilary Duff plays sociopathic snarker".
30	* DefrostingIceQueen: This story is Greta's defrosting.
31	* {{Determinator}}: Greta.
32	* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Greta, constantly.
33	* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Often in the first reactions, mostly Greta says stupid/mean things and then says something else mean and everybody gets angry.
34	* {{Dismotivation}}: Julie helps her realize her issues with this.
35	* DontYouDarePityMe: Greta insists on this.
36	* DrivenToSuicide: Greta, constantly.
37	* DysfunctionalFamily: The whole family. Greta is an obvious case of a neglected child, with anger issues and suicidal tendencies. Her mother is a self-centered woman with the mind of a teenager, her father was driven to suicide by his horrible life, her (third) stepfather is obviously only interested in pleasing Greta's mother's childish desires, her grandmother is a confrontational old fart and her grandfather often downplays the importance of things to the point of irresponsibility.
38	* DysfunctionJunction: Everybody in Greta's family has issues and problems.
39	* EarnYourHappyEnding: The future of the family looks MORBID till about the last half hour where someone steps in and states they need to actually talk and be together and conscience and heal.
40	* TheEeyore: Greta tries to be this.
41	* EmotionlessGirl: Greta tries really hard to be this.
42	* GenderBlenderName: Julie.
43	* HairTriggerTemper: Her Grandma has this problem.
44	* HatesEveryoneEqually: Greta, before her character development.
45	* HotterAndSexier: Again this is her first roll which mentions sex and she wears some rather sexual clothing.
46	* ICanChangeMyBeloved: What Julie believes.
47	* ItsAllAboutMe: Her mother and Greta herself.
48	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Greta.
49	* {{Joisey}}: Greta's grandparents' house is in the Ocean Grove section of Neptune Township, New Jersey; all other scenes are also filmed in New Jersey.
50	* LovableAlphaBitch: Hilary Duff playing this role is what makes her lovable.
51	* MoodSwinger: Everybody in this film.
52	* NeverMyFault: Greta's mother has this problem.
53	* NoodleIncident: Greta refers to many of these throughout the film.
54	* TheOphelia: Three times Greta drowns herself to die.
55	* ParentalAbandonment: Her mother ignores Greta and her dad kills himself.
56	* ParentalBonus (or, in this case, grandparental bonus): In the German dub, Greta says her name ''"fits, because I'm [[Creator/GretaGarbo divine]]."''
57	* ProductPlacement: Greta contacts Comcast to hook up cable television service to her grandparents' Ocean Grove home, [[ArtisticLicenseGeography even though the service provider for Neptune Township (which Ocean Grove is an unincorporated community located within Neptune Township) at the time was Cablevision]].
58	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Everybody to everybody.
59	* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Inverted and challenged.
60	* SexAsRiteOfPassage: In her list of things to do before she dies this is right up there.
61	* TheSlacker: Greta.
62	* TheSociopath: Everybody has their moments in this film.
63	* SoundtrackDissonance: During Greta's many drownings a happy summer song plays.
64	* SourOutsideSadInside: Greta forces people away with their abrasive attitude while really feeling depressed because they can't get close to anybody.
65	* StoppedCaring: Greta at the start.
66	* SurvivorGuilt: May arguably be why Greta wants to kill herself.
67	* TeensAreMonsters: A slight implication with the dark side of town where Greta is forbidden to go.
68	* ThingsGetReal: When Greta's grandmother suffers from a heart issue.
69	* WhereDidWeGoWrong: TWO generations of this.
70	* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: Greta's mother has this implication when she "''has''" to take her to camp to fix her problems.

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