Mistress America (2015) on Netflix
Tracy, a college freshman at Barnard, is struggling to adjust to life in New York. She reaches out to Brooke, her thirty-year-old soon-to-be stepsister, whose schemes pull her in.
- Netflix2.9/5
- IMDb6.7/1029,809 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes81%
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Plot summary
Brooke is thirty years old and lives in New York City, and she is set to become the stepsister of Tracy, a college freshman at Barnard. Tracy is having trouble adjusting to her first year, and when her fellow student Tony begins dating another girl, she gets in touch with Brooke, an adventurous figure about town who involves her in her schemes. The two spend a whirlwind night together. Brooke talks about her plans to open a restaurant, Mom's, named for her dead mother, with money from a partner. Tracy writes a short story and sends it in to the literary magazine at her college.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Mistress America (2015)
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- Noah Baumbach wanted the score for the film to evoke 1980s New York, in the heyday of synth-pop bands such as New Order and OMD.
