Though this never really works and the narrative is poorer for it. Elsie’s friends side with Robyn and attempt to get Elsie to see the error of her ways. The film then focuses on Elsie’s attempt to get together with DJ Lolli ( Vanessa Dunn), while Robyn slips in and out, still in a state of mourning. This preamble ends with her breaking up with her current girlfriend, Robyn ( Carolyn Taylor). The film begins with a montage of Elsie’s break-ups where she explains to us (there is some breaking the fourth wall in this, which I actually kind of liked) what kind of person she is. So much so that you can see how she gets away with this sort of behaviour. What’s great about Elsie is that she’s something of a bitch, but she’s kind of sweet and charming too. Portrait Of A Serial Monogamist is about Elsie ( Diane Flacks), a middle-aged woman who refuses to get dumped by her girlfriends, so selfishly and shamelessly breaks up with them first. Well, I’m delighted to say that while Portrait Of A Serial Monogamist is not going to rock your world, it’s better and I would say surprisingly sweeter than the average unknown indie. The problem then is that curious people like me are unwittingly drawn to pretty bad, unknown, independently made films. People like to tout the virtues of ‘unique’ and ‘misunderstood’ independent cinema, but sometimes a film is independent simply because it wasn’t good enough to obtain funding.
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