A Real Young Girl
Cinema Village Features | Release Date: June 1, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
The theories about sexuality and trauma artfully advanced in this previously unreleased 1975 debut of director Catherine Breillat (Romance, Fat Girl) are more nuanced and intuitive than those of most schools of psychology. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneJohn Petrakis
Breillat has long been fascinated with the idea that women are not allowed to go through puberty in private but instead seem to be on display for all to watch, a situation that has no parallel with boys. A Real Young Girl seems acutely aware of this paradox. Read full review
70
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Crude, unpolished, yet curiously dreamy. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Neither cheerfully naughty nor suffused with gauzy prurience, it evokes a time of turbulent (and often ugly) emotions with disquieting intensity. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The delayed release of this 1975 drama provides an interesting view of her (Breillat) early development as a world-class filmmaker. Read full review
40
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
A philosophical gross-out comedy rudely presented from the perspective of a sullen, sexually curious 14-year-old. Read full review
38
New York PostJonathan Foreman
A test of endurance, and not just because you need a rather stronger word than "explicit" to describe this long-unreleased, self-consciously provocative film. Read full review
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