The Girl

Name: The Girl
Genre: Drama, Family
Released: September 17, 2010
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 69

2010

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Movie Details & Credits

Olive Films | Release Date: September 17, 2010

Summary: Story of a ten-year-old girl left alone in her house in the summer of 1981.

Director: Fredrik Edfeldt

Genre(s): Drama, Family

Runtime: 95 min

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David Fear

Movies about children fending for themselves are predicated on pushing prepubescent despair into viewers' faces, which only makes this Swedish film's graceful mixture of terror and transcendental girl power that much more impressive. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

One of the most beautiful per formances I've seen this year is given by Blanca Engstrom in the Swedish coming-of-age charmer The Girl. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

As tadpoles morph into frogs, and fears are conquered, The Girl delivers a satisfying, sun-dappled fable about the kindness of strangers and the cruelty of peers. Read full review

Ella Taylor

Gorgeously framed by cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, the Turner-esque beauty of the landscape at harvest time only adds to the creepiness as the Girl makes do, makes friends, and then unravels in the most creative ways. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

The result is a kind of quiet Scandinavian cousin (OK, twice removed) to "Home Alone," in which patient viewers will find sporadic rewards. Read full review

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