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Love Will Help You Survive
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/31/2014
Having seen The Host earlier this year, I was fully expecting How I Live Now to be another kind of lame teen romance with an apocalyptic angle. Surprisingly, however, the romance is kept to a minimum and when it comes up, it actually strengthens the impact of the film rather than drowning it in sappiness.
Elizabet, but she prefers to be called Daisy (Ronan), is visiting relatives in the English countryside. From the beginning, we get a sense of what she is going through as the voices in her head constantly bicker, scream and generally make her life a bit of a living hell. She tries to drown it out with good old heavy metal - but it's obvious she is not a happy person. Her attitude is certainly that of the world's most angst-filled teen (sometimes played a bit heavy-handed). She is …
