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A straight-A teen explores Portland's rock scene.A straight-A teen explores Portland's rock scene.A straight-A teen explores Portland's rock scene.
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Portia de Rossi
- Carla
- (as Portia De Rossi)
Christopher Masterson
- Richard
- (as Christopher Kennedy Masterson)
Katharine Towne
- Marjorie
- (as Kate Towne)
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Did you know
- TriviaIn real life, Dominique Swain was a straight-A student as well, just like her character.
- GoofsWhile Andrea is dancing during The Badheads/Thriftstore Apocalypse first song, Cybil's lips don't match up with the vocals she is supposedly singing.
- Quotes
Todd: [sitting down at the piano] :... I wanna play something for you. It's not finished yet, but... I don't know, I just kinda want you to...
Andrea: [thinking] ... get naked?
Todd: ...hear it anyway.
[Todd starts singing 4 lines of a sad song]
Andrea: [thinking] He sang with passion, he sang with pain...
[Todd finished singing]
Andrea: [thinking] ... he sang for about 20 seconds!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Beyond Clueless (2014)
- SoundtracksI Will Arrive
Performed by Melissa Ferrick
Written by Melissa Ferrick and Rob Laufer
Courtesy of W.A.R.? What Are Records? Ltd.
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Read the book because the movie is junk
This movie was a true heartache of a film. Girl, originally a novel by Blake Nelson, was the story of a highschool girl who discovers sex and the local music scene. Both enrich her life and make her feel differently in relationships with other people. It was a well written, subtle but powerful book that affected the lives of many young women. Sadly, the movie is studio junk.
The director and screenwriter chose instead to turn this into a movie about hot highschoolers going at it and acting like groupies. Each character has been flattened out to a cutesy stereotype. For example, Tara Reid was chosen to play Cybil, who in the book is a lesbian rocker and very withdrawn. The movie really has no plot, other than Andrea chasing around Todd as if she is an NSync groupie. I felt like I watched a two hour commercial for noxema or saw a 17 magazine come to life as a movie.
If you want to watch a goofy film about over sexed teenagers, rent this movie. If you want something th more heart, read the book. Or better yet, rent Blue Car or Thirteen.
The director and screenwriter chose instead to turn this into a movie about hot highschoolers going at it and acting like groupies. Each character has been flattened out to a cutesy stereotype. For example, Tara Reid was chosen to play Cybil, who in the book is a lesbian rocker and very withdrawn. The movie really has no plot, other than Andrea chasing around Todd as if she is an NSync groupie. I felt like I watched a two hour commercial for noxema or saw a 17 magazine come to life as a movie.
If you want to watch a goofy film about over sexed teenagers, rent this movie. If you want something th more heart, read the book. Or better yet, rent Blue Car or Thirteen.
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- tink-1
- Feb 29, 2004
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- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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