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God Help the Girl

God Help the Girl

Comedy · Drama · Music · 2014

Eve is a catastrophe—low on self-esteem but high on fantasy, especially when it comes to music. Over the course of one Glasgow summer, she meets two similarly rootless souls: posh Cass and fastidious James, and together they form a band.

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God Help the Girl

2014 Comedy · Drama · Music 1h 51m

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6.5 / 10

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Eve is a catastrophe—low on self-esteem but high on fantasy, especially when it comes to music. Over the course of one Glasgow summer, she meets two similarly rootless souls: posh Cass and fastidious James, and together they form a band.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Stuart Murdoch

Written by

Stuart Murdoch

Emily Browning

Emily Browning

Eve

Olly Alexander

Olly Alexander

James

Hannah Murray

Hannah Murray

Cass

Pierre Boulanger

Pierre Boulanger

Anton

C

Cora Bissett

Miss Browning

Sarah Swire

Sarah Swire

Ballerina

Mark Radcliffe

Mark Radcliffe

Findlay

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Put God Help the Girl on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.