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Girl (2020)

Directed by Chad Faust

Drama | Thriller

Overview

A young woman returns to her small hometown intent on killing her abusive father only to discover someone murdered him the day before. As the girl searches for answers, she uncovers a family legacy more dangerous than she’d imagined.

Length 90 minutes

Actors

Bella Thorne | Mickey Rourke | Glen Gould | Chad Faust | Elizabeth Saunders | Lanette Ware | Michael Lipka | John Clifford Talbot | Paolo Mancini | Tia Lavallee | Emma-Leigh Cullum | Morgan Bedard

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
09/25/2020TVStreamingVideo on Demand6.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

This was the big feature film for Friday evening but due to a conflict w/the TR TV watch party I did not view this live w/the FF crowd. Not that it would’ve mattered bc I wouldn’t have bothered with the live chat anyways.

This film falls snuggly within that rural lower class familial thriller with distinct shades of WINTER’S BONE and maybe a little DONNYBROOK, to name a couple films sharing similar tones. This isn’t quite as a good as WB but more in line w/DB for comparison. Bella Thorne is p good as the titular girl unraveling her past on vengeance trip to face her father.  Mickey Rourke is fun b/c he’s just a natural in this role as the big bad. Overall, a solid FF type flick.

I watched the Q&A w/the director which was moderated by Logan. Nothing terribly revealing about the filmmaking and process but a discussion.

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