  Dirty GirlMPAA Rating:
 for sexual content including graphic nudity, and for language._____
Moviemaking Quality:
Primary Audience:
Adults
Genre:
Drama Comedy
Length:
1 hr. 30 min.
Year of Release:
2011
USA Release:
October 7, 2011 (limited)
DVD: January 17, 2012 
 
Relevant Issues
friendship high school students
overweight search for birth father bad reputation family relationships homophobia Homosexuality
GAY—What’s wrong with being gay? Answer What about gays needs to change? Answer Read stories about those who have struggled with homosexuality
“Let them talk.” 
Producer’s synopsis: “Danielle, the dirty girl of Norman High School in Norman, Oklahoma, circa 1987. When Danielle’s misbehavior gets her banished to a remedial class, she is paired on a parenting project with Clarke, an innocent closet-case with no friends. Danielle is determined to get to California to find the father she’s never met, and Clarke is desperate to escape being sent to military school by his homophobic dad. Together, the mismatched misfits light out for California, and discover each other and themselves through a funny and serendipitous friendship.”
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“…Starting out with a blast of profanity and sexual brazenness, it lands in a zone of earnest, sloppy weepiness. …‘Dirty Girl’ will never be anything other than a well-meaning, misbegotten frenzy of confused impulses.…” “‘Dirty Girl’ makes the most of its R rating. …features such a constant stream of sex talk and profanity. …It’s questionable whether the early scene featuring Dwight Yoakam making love to his Cadillac with a garden hose should be seen by anyone, much less a 13-year-old.…” “…just plain trashy… Despite its fun-sounding title, ‘Dirty Girl’ is a self-pitying find-yourself story about a gay teen (Jeremy Dozier) who joins a slutty classmate (Juno Temple) to flee his dad and search for hers.…” “…What begins as a politically incorrect, ‘Mean Girls’-esque satire constantly shifts tone and focus as director Abe Sylvia pursues a style as jumbled as his narrative.…” “…Road-trip tale doesn't really go anywhere… there’s not much here except a lot of time spent with two young actors who aren’t very compelling.…” “…quirky, but uneven…” “…arbitrarily stitched quilt of white-trash, Bible-Belt transgression, which flattens under the weight of a truckload of half-realized ambitions…” Sorry, no other viewer comments received yet. If you have seen this movie and would like to share your observations and insights with others to be posted here, please contact us! |
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