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The Girl
Metascore
34 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 14
  3. Negative: 4 out of 14
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  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Loren King
    75
    Somewhat overstylized and deliberately enigmatic, The Girl won't appeal to everyone. But its ambition and beauty ultimately triumph over pretense.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    70
    In her feature debut, Zeig, -- displays confidence and style aplenty.
  3. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Marta Barber
    50
    What you'll remember most are a pretty face and the hot and steamy sex scenes. That is not enough.
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  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    50
    This pretty trifle is a movie about gorgeous women having an illicit affair -- period.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    50
    May be the steamiest lesbian romp in recent memory.
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  6. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    50
    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.
  7. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    Unfortunately, the result is little more than a glossy parlor trick, a stripped-to-the-bone "Of Human Bondage" recast with two women.
  8. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: David Ehrenstein
    50
    More art-directed than directed, there's nothing in the way of serious thought to be found here,
  9. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    40
    Plot and character development are scarce; the film is more an abstraction than an absorption.
  10. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jessica Winter
    40
    Agathe de la Boulaye, as The Painter, gives off an appealing air of good-natured amusement, which is appropriate given her surroundings.
  11. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    30
    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.
  12. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Carla Meyer
    25
    Numbingly dull and repetitive.
  13. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    20
    The dialogue is trite and tinnily recorded, and the actresses have the chops of high-school drama students.
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  14. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    10
    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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