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For pop culture icon Andy Warhol, his muse was debutante Edie Sedgwick.
Director George Hickenlooper takes you to back to the 1960s, a springboard of revolutionary movements, never-before-seen creativity, and the explosion of popular culture in "Factory Girl."
He centres in on and exposes the rapid rise and fall of young heiress Edie Sedgwick (Sienna Miller).
The Factory - Warhol's (Guy Pearce) artistic arena for art and film - triggers the curiosity of young Edie as she becomes easily seduced by the promise of stardom.
Sedgwick's demise comes just as quick as her rise when she succumbs to the whirlwind of fame complete with incessant partying, pervasive drug-use and debauchery.
Miller's provocative portrayal of Sedgwick earns her a nod proving she has the staying power to last…for at least another 15 minutes.
Her performance however, wasn't the showstopper.
Pearce (The Count of Monte Cristo, Momento) provides an uncanny delivery of Andy Warhol compelling anyone to believe he's the real deal.
A star-studded cast inundates the film including Saturday Night Live’s Jimmy Fallon as Chuck Wein (Sedgwick's friend), American Beauty star Mena Suvari as Richie Berlin, and Hayden Christensen as Bob Dylan, Sedgwick’s rumoured lover.
Homegrown Canadian Christensen tried much too hard filling the shoes, playing a quintessential Bob Dylan.
The highlight of his performance wasn’t his acting, rather it was the love scene shared between him and Miller.
The steamy scene was so hot and heavy it’s easy for any viewer to assume they were actually engaging in the horizontal mambo.
“Factory girl” fascinates you with its images of psychedelic art, peace, love and rock n’ roll but fails to make you empathize with Sedgwick.
Edie Sedgwick may have been Warhol’s artistic inspiration, but “Factory Girl” makes her out to be a classic case of nothing more than poor little rich girl gone terribly wrong.
3*/5*
