Noah Baumbach’s “Mistress America” seduces with its lightness which starts weighing ever more heavily after you leave the cinema. The story of a lonely college fresher meeting her stepsister-to-be who seemingly has it all invites you in with its snappy and fun slapstick Aaron Sorkin-meets-Lorelai Gilmore dialogue which does not allow the mind to wander off during its rather brief 1.26 running time. The exchanges between the flimsy jack-of-all-trades Brooke (Greta Gerwig) and the fascinatingly impenetrable Tracy (Lola Kirke) are incredibly quotable and memorable, just waiting to become the punchlines of numberous gifs, memes and coffee table books. Despite its breezy ebb and flow, the catchy dialogue also refers to the darker undercurrents of the contemporary world, acting as an apt social commentary. References to curating your own employment, questions about whether someone is a zen master of a sociopath and claims that you’d be the most beautiful girl in the world if you’d keep up your look hint painfully shrewdly at the generation Y, whose stubborn dreams of fast success in an area which changes sometimes by the hour and rampant superficiality create a weird sense of alienation from the world. The director’s decision to delve deep into the characters and not to hide their flaws and failure leads to the scathing realisation that there’s a little Brooke in all of us. The story never boils down to expensive high heels, tulle skirts and name necklaces nor the curious but empty big eyes behind thick fringes and quirky glasses often accompanied by chequered pyjamas on the other end of the feminine representation spectrum. Even though the second half of the film resembles a chamber piece where the cast’s movement feels like a carefully planned army march, the quick-witted dialogue keeps it afloat. From the numerous zany and farcical situations, Brooke rises as a character whose annoying inability to concentrate makes the viewers face their own flaws, hopefully, with positive effects. "Mistress America" is kooky without being vapid, electric but not to an extent to cause dizzy spells and thought-provoking while remaining utterly entertaining.