An Easy Girl

Name: An Easy Girl
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: August 13, 2020
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Benoît Magimel, Cédric Appietto, Clotilde Courau, Henri-Noël Tabary, Lakdhar Dridi

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): August 13, 2020 | TV-MA

Starring: Benoît Magimel, Cédric Appietto, Clotilde Courau, Henri-Noël Tabary, Lakdhar Dridi, Lise Lomi, Loubna Abidar, Mickaël Migliorini, Mina Farid, Nico Max Tedeschi, Nuno Lopes, Zahia Dehar

Summary: Naïma has just turned 16. This summer, she will have to decide what she wants from life if she doesn’t want to miss out. Then her cousin Sofia arrives – 22, with an amazing body and a dangerously seductive lifestyle. Naïma desires only to follow her own path, so long as it leads upwards… Despite the warnings of her best friend Dodo, she andNaïma has just turned 16. This summer, she will have to decide what she wants from life if she doesn’t want to miss out. Then her cousin Sofia arrives – 22, with an amazing body and a dangerously seductive lifestyle. Naïma desires only to follow her own path, so long as it leads upwards… Despite the warnings of her best friend Dodo, she and Sofia will live through unforgettable encounters during a long summer that will mark them forever.… Expand

Director: Rebecca Zlotowski

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 92 min

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Richard Brody

Aug 13, 2020

Zlotowski crafts a distinctive style to distill and heighten the drama’s psychological complexities and societal analyses. No less than its young protagonists, the film dangerously brushes against the edge of modernity’s enticingly destructive glitz. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Aug 13, 2020

Sultry, but never sleazy, observant yet nonjudgmental, An Easy Girl is more than just a tale of innocence and experience. Taking a nuanced look at sexual awakening and, to a lesser extent, class distinction, the movie has a charming flightiness that builds to an unexpectedly touching climax. Read full review

Lillian Crawford

Dec 29, 2021

An Easy Girl reads not as the male sexual frustration of the Nouvelle Vague, but as a celebration of women’s sexual agency. Read full review

Jon Frosch

May 24, 2019

A relaxed, warmly sensual coming-of-age drama so steeped in ripe South of France flavor — sun, sea, lots of skin and a bit of bling — that you practically want to eat it by the spoonful. Read full review

The Film Stage Ed Frankl

May 24, 2019

This is a straightforward coming-of-age story from France, a country for whom this is almost a national cliché, but elevated by a key eye for gender roles of its protagonists and an up-to-date message for a teenage generation growing up in a #MeToo world. Read full review

May 24, 2019

The film can feel slight at times. But it’s eminently watchable. Read full review

Selome Hailu

Aug 21, 2020

On the whole, An Easy Girl is a light and pleasing enough watch. Read full review

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Juanssolorio

Dec 7, 2020

Une fille facile es la película que todos debemos de ver antes de verano y sumergir la punta de nuestros pies en la fantasía que te hace vivir.

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Danrdg

Sep 16, 2020

Tenho um fraco por filmes sobre crescimento, aqui não foi diferente. Todo o clima, o ritmo e os personagens geram um filme muito bom de acompanhar. Ainda acho que tem umas cenas de sexo um tanto forçada que destoam do resto do filme (cenas que lembram cine band privê) mas o saldo final é bemTenho um fraco por filmes sobre crescimento, aqui não foi diferente. Todo o clima, o ritmo e os personagens geram um filme muito bom de acompanhar. Ainda acho que tem umas cenas de sexo um tanto forçada que destoam do resto do filme (cenas que lembram cine band privê) mas o saldo final é bem mais positivo que negativo.… Expand

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TheRaggedFlygon

Aug 20, 2020

An Easy Girl, for the most part, is a well crafted film. It (like essentially anything set in Southern France) is a treat to look at. The sets are pleasant to look at and at times the cinematography is used to enhance the magical surroundings. However, this film suffers from a great deal ofAn Easy Girl, for the most part, is a well crafted film. It (like essentially anything set in Southern France) is a treat to look at. The sets are pleasant to look at and at times the cinematography is used to enhance the magical surroundings. However, this film suffers from a great deal of problems that end up making the film feel like nothing short of another pretentious art-house film that thinks it has a lot to say but actually doesn't.

First and foremost, this film is incredibly predictable. The story presented here is a tried and true one. A character being torn between the innocence of childhood and obscenity of adulthood is a tried and true formula that has been the basis for countless coming of age films. Yet, in this film in particular, it does not deviate from that narrative nearly enough to make this film memorable in the slightest. There are minor quirks that make this film semi-unique, but it ultimately ends up feeling extremely samey compared to a lot of other films. The messages and plot presented in this film are by no means bad or illogical, but they are extremely cliche and thus forgettable.

The true tragedy of this film is that it has interesting characters. The standouts for me are Lakdhar Dridi's Dodo and Benoit Magimel's Phillipe. Their characters are well written and are the most interesting parts of any scenes that they are in. In contrast the protagonist, Naima (played by Mina Farid) and Andres (played by Nuno Lopes) are not poorly acted per se, but they are poorly written to be nothing more than a collection of cliches. The only character who is poorly acted is Zahia Dehar's Sofia. As arguably the most important character in this film, she gives a performance that is passable to watch without cringing, but at the same time, does not make the character memorable in the slightest.

All in all, An Easy Girl is a well produced film with a plot and message that would be interesting enough were it not done to death already. The performances and writing are both underwhelming, while the artistic direction of this film shines, but as mentioned before, that is not hard when you are set in Southern France. There are better French films you can watch than this one that are much more well rounded (see last year's Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Les Miserables).… Expand

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bertobellamy

Aug 23, 2020

An Easy Girl is an easy watch, and it'll definitely make you feel the ocean breeze. Naïma, the main protagonist, brings you closer to a working-class girl hoping to make her dreams come true, but the arrival of his beautiful cousin may change what those dreams look like. Although you getAn Easy Girl is an easy watch, and it'll definitely make you feel the ocean breeze. Naïma, the main protagonist, brings you closer to a working-class girl hoping to make her dreams come true, but the arrival of his beautiful cousin may change what those dreams look like. Although you get near to her internal conflict, the movie kind of distances itself from Sofia, the cousin, who very well may be feeling something despite claiming otherwise.… Expand

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AmadouIraklidis

Apr 21, 2023

Decent movie. The positives were the unique french film making style of focusing on side characters in mundane ways that add a lot of flavor, the cinematography, a strong character in phillipe, and the sound track. It was a very calming atmosphere. The negatives were unlikable characters,Decent movie. The positives were the unique french film making style of focusing on side characters in mundane ways that add a lot of flavor, the cinematography, a strong character in phillipe, and the sound track. It was a very calming atmosphere. The negatives were unlikable characters, shallow lessons, and an overall sense of emptiness the film conveys.… Expand

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