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79
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78
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76
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75
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75
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74
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73
Duchess of Langeais, The
72
Roman de gare
72
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72
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72
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71
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71
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71
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70
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69
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69
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68
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67
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67
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67
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67
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66
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66
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65
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64
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64
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64
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63
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63
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63
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63
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62
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62
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61
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61
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61
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59
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59
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58
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58
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58
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58
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57
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57
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57
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57
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56
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56
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55
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55
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55
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55
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54
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54
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52
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52
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50
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48
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48
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47
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47
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46
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46
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44
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43
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43
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41
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40
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37
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35
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35
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35
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32
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32
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30
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24
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20
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xx
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Girl, The
Artistic License Films
MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring
Agathe de la Boulaye (The Narrator),
Claire Keim,
Pascal Cervo,
Ronald Guttman,
Cyrille Hertel,
Cyril Lecomte,
Sandra N'Kaye,
and
Franck Prevost
Follows the spiraling affair between the film's narrator - a beautiful painter (de la Boulaye) - and a nightclub singer who she calls The Girl (Keim). (Artistic License)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Monique Wittig
Sande Zeig
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Sande Zeig
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: February 19, 2002
Video: February 19, 2002
Theatrical: April 6, 2001
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
83 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
France |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
Boston Globe
Loren King
Somewhat overstylized and deliberately enigmatic, The Girl won't appeal to everyone. But its ambition and beauty ultimately triumph over pretense.

70
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
In her feature debut, Zeig, -- displays confidence and style aplenty.

50
Miami Herald
Marta Barber
What you'll remember most are a pretty face and the hot and steamy sex scenes. That is not enough.
50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
May be the steamiest lesbian romp in recent memory.
50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Suggests that one way women can fight male violence is by using the weapons of the alpha male: Marking one's territory and firing upon anyone who trespasses.

50
New Times (L.A.)
David Ehrenstein
More art-directed than directed, there's nothing in the way of serious thought to be found here,

50
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
This pretty trifle is a movie about gorgeous women having an illicit affair -- period.

50
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Unfortunately, the result is little more than a glossy parlor trick, a stripped-to-the-bone "Of Human Bondage" recast with two women.

40
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Plot and character development are scarce; the film is more an abstraction than an absorption.

40
Village Voice
Jessica Winter
Agathe de la Boulaye, as The Painter, gives off an appealing air of good-natured amusement, which is appropriate given her surroundings.

30
LA Weekly
Chuck Wilson
Like the film's characters, the city of Paris has been made faceless, as if it too were merely the pawn in a representational hell where light and color and shading are forbidden.

25
San Francisco Chronicle
Carla Meyer
Numbingly dull and repetitive.

20
Mr. Showbiz
Michael Atkinson
The dialogue is trite and tinnily recorded, and the actresses have the chops of high-school drama students.
10
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
Has the dreary one-track banality of a feature-length version of an episode of "Red Shoe Diaries," Showtime's series for people who like soft core but are too lazy to leave the house.


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