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Italy, 2000s. Amanda is a moody young woman, misunderstood by her family, with whom she has always been in conflict. She could work in the pharmacies owned by her wealthy family, but she prefers to wander the city, going to cinemas and rave parties, in search of friends. One day, she becomes convinced she must rekindle her friendship with Rebecca, a childhood friend she hasn’t seen in many years, who rarely leaves her room and regularly sees a psychotherapist. Her relationship with Rebecca goes through ups and downs, as does her relationship with her family and a boy she pretends is her boyfriend. The film ends with the two friends walking together, seemingly having found some balance in their relationship.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 95% based on 44 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "A is for Amanda, an amusingly absurd coming-of-age comedy that offers poignant observations and positions director Carolina Cavalli has a talent to watch."[8]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 81 out of 100, based on 10 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[9]
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian described it as "a film of style and surface, and these are cleverly created and maintained."[10] Wendy Ide of Screen Daily called the film "a refreshingly unconventional and acidic deadpan comic portrait of an offbeat female friendship."[11] Beatrice Loayza of The New York Times selected the film as New York Times Critics' Pick, writing, "Amanda is absurd and abrasive, but also sympathetic thanks to Porcaroli's performance."[12]
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