The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Lost and Delirious
Drama · Romance · 2001
After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that her new friends are lovers she finds herself caught in a complicated situation.
Movie details
Lost and Delirious
“Friends. Roommates. Lovers.”
2001 Drama · Romance 1h 43m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.8 / 10
23.3K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
51 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
53 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
6.8 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that her new friends are lovers she finds herself caught in a complicated situation.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Lost and Delirious?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Léa Pool
Written by
Judith Thompson
Mischa Barton
Mary 'Mouse' Bedford
Piper Perabo
Pauline 'Paulie' Oster
Jessica Paré
Victoria 'Tori' Moller
Mimi Kuzyk
Eleanor Bannet
Emily VanCamp
Allison Moller
Amy Stewart
Cordelia
Caroline Dhavernas
Kara
Court is in session
Put Lost and Delirious on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.