在圣诞节的时候被舞蹈公司辞退,与家人度过“报喜不报忧”的圣诞节,流浪巴黎,拒绝舞蹈公司OL的工作,渴望与别人建立“类苏菲”友情遭到不理解等等,合租男孩总结性的"You are undateable"更是时不时伤口上撒盐。整部电影都在以一种可笑荒诞的基调消费着弗兰西丝的失败人生,索性全片用情绪十足的黑白色彩拍摄,但是你从弗兰西丝身上,根本感受不到一丝阴郁,她强调自己不是messy只是busy;她在和男人约会时主动付账,卡被拒后,跑出餐馆去ATM取款,摔破了手肘也不自知;她浏览辞了工作跟随男友去东京的苏菲的网络日志,看到苏菲发的美食照片,脸上露出的是放心与宽慰。
想起Lena Dunham对于友情的理解,与我颇为相似,她说:"What I want from my life and what you want from your life are very close but not identical, and the job is to support your vision, not my vision of your vision, and vice versa. Loving without judgment or fear of abandonment is the toughest activity known to mankind and I think with best friend that can be even more pronounced." 我可能还要再苛刻地增加一条:不要比较。