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Girl, The
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Girl, The reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 34 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.7 out of 10
based on 14 reviews
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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 

What The Critics Said

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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.
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70
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
In her feature debut, Zeig, -- displays confidence and style aplenty.
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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.
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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,
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50
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
This pretty trifle is a movie about gorgeous women having an illicit affair -- period.
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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.
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40
Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Plot and character development are scarce; the film is more an abstraction than an absorption.
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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.
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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.
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25
San Francisco Chronicle Carla Meyer
Numbingly dull and repetitive.
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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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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 7.7 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Angela P. gave it a 10:
Fabulous!

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