Girlfriend (2011)
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44% of critics liked it
(9 reviews) -
82% of users liked it
(365 ratings)
Evan is a young man with Down Syndrome who lives with his mother in a poor, working-class town hit hard by the recent economic recession. When he unexpectedly comes into a large amount of money, Evan uses it to romantically pursue Candy, a girl from town whom he has loved since high school. Candy,… More Evan is a young man with Down Syndrome who lives with his mother in a poor, working-class town hit hard by the recent economic recession. When he unexpectedly comes into a large amount of money, Evan uses it to romantically pursue Candy, a girl from town whom he has loved since high school. Candy, now a barely-employed single mom, is facing financial debt, possible eviction, and the inability to rid herself of Russ, her abusive and volatile ex-boyfriend. In no position to turn down Evan's offers of financial support, Candy hesitantly accepts his gifts, which causes the pair to enter a complicated emotional entanglement. -- (C) Official Site
- Directed By
- Justin Lerner
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jul 15, 2011 Limited
- Studio
- Strand Releasing
Critic Reviews
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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
What begins as an absorbing exercise in glum atmosphere turns mild, meek, and desperate as the stakes rise.
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Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
A modest, uneven example of regional American independent film. But it has tremendous heart and integrity...
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Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Emotionally manipulative and problematic...
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Mike Hale, New York Times
Doesn't miss many clichés of small-town, working-class, going-nowhere life.
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Benjamin Mercer, Village Voice
Implausibilities mount, and by the last act Lerner appears to have lost any compunction he might have had about using his protagonist to tug the audience's heartstrings.
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Cast
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Jackson Rathbone
as Russ
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Shannon Woodward
as Candy
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Amanda Plummer
as Celeste
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Evan Sneider
as Evan
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Rachel Melvin
as Voice of Actress on Television
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Jerard Anderson
as Kenny
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Blake Berris
as Actor on Television
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Harrison Lees
as Harrison
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Joseph Turnbull
as Willie Jones
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Seth Chatfield
as Jeremy
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Nate Krawshuk
as Simon
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Daniel J. Turnbull
as Andy Jones
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Madelyn Welti
as Girl in Deli
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Craig Wesley Divino
as Keg Master
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Bette Houston
as Woman in Deli
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Darren MacDonald
as Darren Jones
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Carole Helman
as Janis
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Kate Welti
as Girl in Deli
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Nora Welti
as Mother in Deli
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Bethany Orr
as TV Voice (uncredited)
- Jerad Anderson
