***spoilers *** Not a bad picture. I don't agree with the reviewers who said the ending was too arty or pretentious, or the writer ran out of ideas. The ending was true to the nature of the characters involved. I have even met people like the girl.

One thing other reviewers failed to address is that the entire picture was from the point of view of a 16 year old guy, who thought he was much smarter than he really was. All the information he had about Natasha's life came from Natasha, who we find at the end is quite manipulative. Whether she was always that way, or learned it from her mother, or was simply just another lazy, stubborn girl who felt her life was "boring" and got in with a crowd of manipulative adults who simultaneously took advantage of her and also taught her how to manipulate other adults, we can only guess.

In the end, she had found her next "mark" to take care of her material needs. (And he is like those Russian and American men who gave Natasha her start in the world of sexual manipulation. Of course he too is going to be manipulated and fooled, since he too is convinced he is smarter than he is. Note his comment about how "principled" she is.) God only knows how Natasha's life will end up. After she gets old and ugly, she might be exactly like her mother, if indeed her mother is like she portrayed her.