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Girl

Girl

Comedy · Drama · Romance · 1998

A sheltered, straight-A high school senior, Andrea Marr, becomes infatuated with a local rock singer, Todd Sparrow, and dives into the underground music scene, neglecting her friends and academic life in the process.

Movie details

Girl

“She’s all that and more”

1998 Comedy · Drama · Romance 1h 39m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

A sheltered, straight-A high school senior, Andrea Marr, becomes infatuated with a local rock singer, Todd Sparrow, and dives into the underground music scene, neglecting her friends and academic life in the process.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jonathan Kahn

Written by

David E. Tolchinsky

Dominique Swain

Dominique Swain

Andrea Marr

Sean Patrick Flanery

Sean Patrick Flanery

Todd Sparrow

Summer Phoenix

Summer Phoenix

Rebecca

Tara Reid

Tara Reid

Cybil

Selma Blair

Selma Blair

Darcy

Channon Roe

Channon Roe

Kevin

Portia De Rossi

Portia De Rossi

Carla

Court is in session

Put Girl on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.