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- 2006
- R
- First Look International
- 1 h 25 m
- 2006
- R
- First Look International
- 1 h 25 m
Summary The Dead Girl is a quintet of stories about seemingly unrelated people whose lives converge around the murder of a young woman. (First Look Pictures)
Directed By: Karen Moncrieff
Written By: Karen Moncrieff
- 2006
- R
- First Look International
- 1 h 25 m
- 2006
- R
- First Look International
- 1 h 25 m
The Dead Girl
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9.2
Summary The Dead Girl is a quintet of stories about seemingly unrelated people whose lives converge around the murder of a young woman. (First Look Pictures)
Directed By: Karen Moncrieff
Written By: Karen Moncrieff
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
65
76% Positive
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14% Mixed
3 Reviews
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10% Negative
2 Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
65
76% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
14% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
10% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
All behave in ways that may at first seem incomprehensible, but through Moncrieff's expert storytelling, each woman is finally rendered merely human.
The cast is something of an indie movie hall of fame that includes Giovanni Ribisi, Mary Steenburgen, Brittany Murphy, and Toni Collette. Marcia Gay Harden is particularly fine as the murdered girl's mother.
Moncrieff manages to get beneath the skin of several of these characters, a nifty trick considering what a crowded world she's created. In all, it's a grueling, emotionally taxing, discomfiting film.
Moncrieff's glum, somber film is something of a needed corrective at the moment, when horror movies are turning into weightless exercises in morally sanctioned sadism.
By the movie's end, writer-director Karen Moncrieff's The Dead Girl delivers considerable emotional impact. But that doesn't mean you've enjoyed the journey.
The film is mired in gloom, not just sadness, but heaviness.
Just when it seems as though the language of insult and humiliation couldn’t get any nastier, the movie escalates the barrage.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 30 User Ratings
9.2
90% Positive
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 30 User Ratings
9.2
90% Positive
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
10% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Awards
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 3 Nominations
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Deauville Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
