The Girl (2001)

12% of critics liked it
(33 reviews)
42% of users liked it
(1,013 ratings)

A spare, gorgeously realized modern film noir. The story follows the spiraling affair between the film's narrator - a beautiful painter - and a nightclub singer who she calls "The Girl". While their passion for each other is consuming, a relationship from the past threatens to tear them apart.

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 24 min.
Directed By: Sande Zeig
Written By: Sande Zeig, Monique Wittig
Genres: Art House & International, Drama

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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