God Help the Girl
Amplify | Release Date: September 5, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
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Mixed or average reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
13
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
89
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesSep 10, 2014
God Help the Girl is not so perfectly crafted, but the promise – oh, the promise is irresistible. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranSep 4, 2014
No one comes out and says that music is the language of the soul, but no one has to. We see it happening right before our eyes. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerOct 9, 2014
God Help the Girl is about aspirations and goals, musical or otherwise. Murdoch is working some things out here, gracefully on the whole. His own band has toggled between frail sincerity and pop mastery itself over the years. The former is more endearing and original, but it’s not for everyone. Which is how I might describe his film. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaSep 12, 2014
The film's conceit - mopey strangers meet, form a band, and take to the dance halls - has a Judy Garland/Mickey Rooney let's-put-on-a-show innocence, and exuberance. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskySep 3, 2014
God Help The Girl is, in other words, a spotty movie — sometimes silly, sometimes dead serious. It is, however, nobly spotty — inconsistent in a way contemporary productions rarely are, its shortcomings the result of an excess of creative energy, rather than a lack thereof. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghSep 18, 2014
It's adorable. It's also very thin. There's a disconcerting literalism to the songs' dramatic representation that chokes the drama. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriSep 5, 2014
It’s an inviting, approachable world that Murdoch creates for us — still a total fantasy, of course, but one with a veneer of plausibility. Get on its wavelength, and you’ll be utterly charmed. Don’t, and you’ll run screaming from the theater. Read full review
70
Village VoiceSerena DonadoniSep 2, 2014
Browning captures Eve's weariness and enthusiasm, and her lovely voice and crisp delivery gives Murdoch's labored lyrics a vulnerable immediacy. Read full review
67
IndieWireKatherine KilkennyJan 24, 2014
God Help the Girl doesn’t quite succeed in convincing the viewer to toss conventional character development out the window, it still has its moments. Read full review
64
Film.comJames RocchiJan 26, 2014
Murdoch’s film is fraught with ambition and aspiration, but a little thin on talent and technique. Read full review
63
New York PostKyle SmithSep 3, 2014
The gorgeous heartache of songs by the group Belle and Sebastian gives God Help the Girl its dreamy appeal, but thanks to a poky story line it essentially amounts to a series of music videos. Read full review
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