God Help the Girl Movie Information

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Overall Rank: 7875

Average Rating: 2.6/4

# of Ratings: 11

Theatrical Release Date: 09/05/2014

Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 04/14/2015

Language: English

Genre: Drama, Musical

MPAA Rating: NR

Director: Stuart Murdoch

Actors: Emily Browning, Olly Alexander, Hannah Murray, Cora Bisset, Pierre Boulanger

Plot: A girl sent the hospital for emotional issues finds an outlet in writing songs. This eventually leads her into the city, where a meeting with James and Cassie - two musicians at a crossroads in their lives, will lead to better things for them all. -- Chris Kavan

Ingrid Bergman - wrote on 09/09/2014

Emily Browning shines as Eve, a girl with serious emotional problems, who writes songs to help herself get better. The movie was written and directed by Stuart Murdoch, the lead singer of Scottish indie pop band, Belle and Sebastian. The original songs and storyline are charming but at a running time of nearly 2 hours, the movie is too long and meanders it's way to the end. Hannah Murray's singing isn't really up to scratch either. A shame really because tighter editing and more accomplished vocals from Cassie's character would have resulted in a more satisfying film.

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cinegeek.de - wrote on 03/16/2016

“There’s nothing inherently wrong with the long-form, multi-song music video, man.” - Ich habe genau dasselbe gedacht, während ich das Debüt des Belle & Sebastian Sängers Stuart Murdoch anschaute. Der Film dauert keine zwei Stunden, aber meine Aufmerksamkeit wurde doch strapaziert während der längeren Passagen ohne Musik. God Help The Girl ist in der Tat ein Musical und eine gute Idee zudem. Die Darsteller können auch was: Emily Browning, mit ihren grossen Augen, spielt Eve, eine Musikerin, die an Depressionen leidet. Gerade aus der Nervenklinik entlassen, schlendert sie durch Glasgow mit einem Song, den sie auf dem Herzen hat. Sie stösst fast zusammen mit James (Olly Alexander), der auch Musik macht. Ein Sommerflirt führt dazu, dass sie zu Mitbewohnern werden. Dann tritt …