The trailer for Noah Baumbach's new movie, starring and co-written with Greta Gerwig, is black and white and indie all over. It ostensibly tackles the pitfalls of relationships and derailed ambitions. But so much adorable hipster nonsense is packed densely into two minutes of the Frances Ha trailer that it calls for a game of indie movie bingo. Some items spotted straight off the bat:

  • Greta Gerwig
  • Noah Baumbach
  • Small apartment politics
  • Plinky music
  • Bike riding in a cardigan
  • Toasting with things that are not glasses (are those tomatillos?)
  • Under-employment
  • Modern dance
  • Modern love
  • Simple tautologies posing as profound statements: "Sometimes it's good to do what you're supposed to do when you're supposed to it."
  • Board games
  • Adam Driver in a hat

Aside from these near-cliches, Frances Ha looks like a potentially bright and endearing account of the New York 20-something. Here's to seeing Greta Gerwig back as her adorably plucky character after lamentable/grating versions in Damsels in Distress and Lola Versus. Also she's actually dating Noah Baumbach—real sweet.

[Vulture]