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  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 19 m
  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 19 m

Summary When twenty-year-old Ivy heads home Spring Break with a fresh romance in her heart, everything seems to be going perfectly. When her best friend Al finds himself without lodgings, Ivy and her mother take him in and Ivy and Al's friendship strengthens while her boyfriend grows more distant from afar. Increasingly distressed about her conf...

Directed By: Bradley Rust Gray

Written By: Bradley Rust Gray

  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 19 m
  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 19 m

The Exploding Girl

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Summary When twenty-year-old Ivy heads home Spring Break with a fresh romance in her heart, everything seems to be going perfectly. When her best friend Al finds himself without lodgings, Ivy and her mother take him in and Ivy and Al's friendship strengthens while her boyfriend grows more distant from afar. Increasingly distressed about her conf...

Directed By: Bradley Rust Gray

Written By: Bradley Rust Gray

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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73% Positive
11 Reviews
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7% Negative
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89
Kazan appears in every scene of The Exploding Girl’s perfectly paced 80 minutes, and you’d miss her if she ducked out for even a moment.
By Kimberley Jones FULL REVIEW
80
Small scale though it is, this is a film that knows what it wants to do and has thought out exactly how to go about doing it. The same must be said about the luminous nature of Kazan's performance, which won best actress last year at the Tribeca Film Festival.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
75
Kazan has a gift for letting you see her think, even when she's perfectly still; the film's title refers to the ferocious trauma happening between Ivy's ears and her silent struggle to keep it in check.
By M. E. Russell FULL REVIEW
75
There isn’t much to The Exploding Girl, but it’s blessedly compact, and owns its no-big-deal-ness.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
70
The emotional detonations prove minor but movingly resonant in The Exploding Girl, an indie character study built four-square round Zoe Kazan's persuasive performance.
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50
Both comely leads offer engaging presences, and there’s some pretty imagery, shot adequately on HD, but it’s all so slight and featherweight one viewer sneezing could blow it all offscreen.
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25
There is no hope on the horizon for movies as leaden as The Exploding Girl.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Soandbrad, Parts and Labor, MBS Productions
Release Date Mar 12, 2010
Duration 1 h 19 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Jeonju Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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