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  • 2020
  • Unrated
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2020
  • Unrated
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary Leaving India behind to break with a life of petty crime, Riz (Geetanjali Thapa) arrives stateside and gets a housekeeping job at the decidedly landlocked Tides Plaza Motel. Its manager Una (Cynthia Nixon) houses and employs several other young people in dire straits, including Dallas (Olivia DeJonge), Riz’s new roommate. At first antago...

Directed By: Sonejuhi Sinha

Written By: Charlotte Rabate, Sonejuhi Sinha

  • 2020
  • Unrated
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2020
  • Unrated
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 37 m

Stray Dolls

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary Leaving India behind to break with a life of petty crime, Riz (Geetanjali Thapa) arrives stateside and gets a housekeeping job at the decidedly landlocked Tides Plaza Motel. Its manager Una (Cynthia Nixon) houses and employs several other young people in dire straits, including Dallas (Olivia DeJonge), Riz’s new roommate. At first antago...

Directed By: Sonejuhi Sinha

Written By: Charlotte Rabate, Sonejuhi Sinha

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
58
38% Positive
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63% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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38% Positive
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63% Mixed
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75
Apr 9, 2020
Sinha’s debut may not be destined to be the next American indie classic, but it’s a powerful debut film with a stirring perspective on criminality and immigration.
By Andrew Bundy FULL REVIEW
75
May 6, 2019
A taut and stylish thriller that manages to draw fresh blood from some very familiar territory.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 18, 2020
But the violence, when it comes, is shocking. The native cunning, when it makes itself known, is chilling.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 10, 2020
The downbeat, disenfranchised “dark side of the American dream” thing has been done to death in a thousand noirs, but Stray Dolls elbows just enough room for itself in that crowded category, especially for how it honors the American cinematic tradition of the last-chance motel: a place designed for passing through that somehow never lets you leave.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 9, 2020
Stray Dolls lacks some narrative momentum, as the characters drift from petty crime to petty crime and party to party. But the film has a remarkable sense of place.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
60
May 6, 2019
Alternately incisive and uneven.
By Justin Lowe FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 9, 2020
Despite its sense of dead-end desperation, Stray Dolls is made worthwhile by the richness of Shane Sigler’s nighttime cinematography and the consistent empathy of its tone. Sinha, herself a first-generation immigrant, isn’t about to judge anyone for reaching.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Brin de Folie, Om Films
Release Date Apr 10, 2020
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating Unrated
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Website http://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/stray-dolls/
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Awards

Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Seattle International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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