The Girl (2000)

12% of critics liked it
(33 reviews)
41% of users liked it
(1,023 ratings)

Two women discover new love while trying to resolve their old relationships in this stylized drama. The Girl (Claire Keim) is a beautiful, bisexual cabaret singer who one night meets The Painter (Agathe de la Boulaye), an artist who is immediately and intensely attracted to her. The Girl and The… More Two women discover new love while trying to resolve their old relationships in this stylized drama. The Girl (Claire Keim) is a beautiful, bisexual cabaret singer who one night meets The Painter (Agathe de la Boulaye), an artist who is immediately and intensely attracted to her. The Girl and The Painter spend the night together, and are soon involved in an ongoing relationship, with The Painter spending most of her time at The Girl's flat in Paris. Meanwhile, The Painter finds it's not easy to break off her relationship with Bu Save (Sandra N'Kake), while The Girl is trying to keep her boyfriend, The Man (Cyril Lecomte), from finding out to much about her new romance, since she needs to maintain their relationship for the sake of her career. The Girl is the first feature film from Sandee Zeig, who helped to open the independent distribution firm Artistic License; it's based on a novella by Monique Wittig, who wrote the screenplay with Zeig. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 23 min.
Directed By: Sande Zeig
Written By: Sande Zeig, Monique Wittig
Genres: Drama, Romance, Art House & International

In Theaters: Apr 20, 2001 Limited
On DVD: Feb 19, 2002
Studio: Artistic License Films

Critic Reviews

Derek Elley, Variety
Pretentious dialogue is matched by equally uninvolving performances in this debut feature by Sande Zeig.
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Forces you to endure endless streams of badly written paragraphs of pseudo-poetic existentialism to get to the sex parts.
Loren King, Boston Globe
Its ambition and beauty ultimately triumph over pretense.
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News
Celebrates the emotional and physical liberation that comes with lovemaking, while also recognizing that such exhilaration sometimes carries a price.
Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle
Numbingly dull and repetitive.
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
This may be a slow film, but there are worse settings for aimlessness.
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The only thing hot about this pic were the tender sex scenes...
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
The Girl resembles the unedited work of an unpromising student filmmaker whose pretension exponentially outweighs her ability.
Jean Lowerison, San Diego Metropolitan
This is noir-by-the-numbers. See it if you're interested in a nicely-shot film that doesn't quite satisfy.
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
A curiosity, little more.
Jeffrey M. Anderson, San Francisco Examiner
The Girl was released after two years in the can. Maybe it should have stayed there.
Claire Bickley, Jam! Movies
Offers a certain heady atmosphere and rhythm as it takes its inevitable path.
Kim Morgan, Oregonian
Directed by Sande Zeig, The Girl is trying to be stylish and cool, but she gets more laughs and eye-rolls than anything else.
David Elliott, San Diego Union-Tribune
The film has almost no erotic or poetic temperature.

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