In each booth you could hear what was said in the others, and what was said I had never heard elsewhere. I think that in the shelter of these tiny booths, there is a proximity, a physical intimacy that makes people, shameless or not, talk about their deepest intimacy. Tonie Marshall, Film press release. On the exterior, it's all helter-skelter. Not knowing where to settle, she flees from one to another, provoking unknown men or aggressing them verbally.
Language is an essential dimension in the film.
Cutting and incisive, the dialogs contrast to the pink bonbon aspect of the ensemble and give tone and bite to fragility and melancholy. The savory retorts tossed off along the way fiercely sprinkle the smooth surface of appearances. Tonie Marshall succeeds in the difficult balance between emotion and bitch humor, with the firmness of a sharp eye, distanced from her subject. A true delight.