Girl

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Summary: Sean Patrick Flannery is the best
Review: I loved this movie. Dominique Swain and Sean Flannery were too Hot together. It made me want to move to Seattle and go clubbing with the grundge bands. I like to story as well. It was a cute teen movie and I always like teen movies that are cute and not stupid. The ending was good as well. She was a smart girl just exploring herself. Tara Reid was in this movie and she was great as Cybil.

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Summary: Read the book...
Review: Like most films based on books, the book is usually better. In the case of Girl, this is beyond true. The film hardly resembles the raw and truthful book it is based on except for the fact that the characters names are the same, and situations in the book are touched on. Otherwise, it tries too hard to be cool for the teen audience, and gives all the otherwise talented actors terrible dialouge to work with. Read the book...and Andrea will imerge as more than a rock star-groupie, because in the book, she was. She was a little piece of every teenage girl out there. Read the book, skip the film.

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Summary: Interesting Attraction
Review: The first time I saw this movie was on HBA in the middle of the night. I usually enjoy teen movies, so I decided to give it a try, and I was oddly surprised by it. The more I thought of the movie, the more I decided that my attraction to the movie was very similar to Andrea's attraction to Todd. I admit that during the grunge era I was very much more into pop, although I did think that Nirvana had amazing lyrics. I am much more into it now, via MTV's "20 years of rock" and VH1. Andrea, was the same way, but by seeing the beauty in Todd, she completely changed. I was dissappointed by the ending, though, the first time I saw the movie. I expected Todd to tell Andrea that he loved her, and that she would put off Brown for a year, go on tour with him and the two would live happily ever after. I expected that type of Cinderella ending because that's exactly what the movie was about. The girl changes completely for the love of one, very handsome inspirational young man on the other side of the cultural spectrum. The second time I saw this movie, I realized that Andrea hadn't changed at all. When she left Todd in the end, she went back to the way she was before she ever knew about Todd Sparrow. She realized that she really was just a groupie when she was by his side, so she went to be successful. It is slightly disappointing, though, that she wasn't really changed. The couple had the most amazing connection I have ever seen portrayed on a screen.

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Summary: Blake Nelson was robbed!
Review: As when usually happens when those Hollywood people make a book into a movie, everything the author tried to get across in his work was changed, compartmentalized, and sugar-coated. I realize it's difficult to capture 1/100th of the essence of a TREMENDOUS novel (in 2 hours, no less), and I give this movie 2 stars for trying. If you really liked this movie, read the book, because they changed all the characters in the movie, and it lasts for 3 years of Andrea's life. (We are talking The Catcher in the Rye for teen girls.) If you already read the book (and REALLY loved it), but have not seen the movie, don't bother.

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Summary: Sean Patrick Flanery is just the cutest!
Review: This was such a cute movie. Watch it a second time if you weren't crazy about it the first time, things will make much more sense to you. There's definitely a lot of angles to this movie, more than just Andrea wanting Todd. The second time around I got the feeling that Todd actually was in love with her and really did need her in his life for more than the obvious. Sean Patrick Flanery is just too cute for words. He's really an amazing actor and he played the part as if it was made for him and only him. He really could be in that band. So, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and find myself watching it over and over and over, just so I can get another peek at Sean Patrick Flanery.

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Summary: I Love this Movie
Review: I love this movie. I swear to god its the story of my life. Dominique Swain did a wonderful job as Andrea. When i was younger i would go to concerts and wish that i would be that lucky girl that the leadsinger would look down to and bring me up on stage. This movie is about a 17 year old girl who longs to be part of the music crowd when she catches a glimpse of the lead singer (Todd Sparrow or Sean Patrick Flannery) from the band The Color Green. This one glimpse changes the rest of her life when she would do anything to date the lead singer.

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Summary: Simply Smashing
Review: I first saw this movie on tv and only caught it maybe halfway through and never finished watching it. But it got caught in my mind. A few weeks later I caught it at the beginning and I must say I think its great. The characters were portrayed very well and very true to life. Although the movie was a bit of a cliche I think it was done very well, without the over the top sugar candy coating that gets slapped onto teen life in so many movies. I do think that the other characters should have been explored more thoroughly, especially the situation with Cybil's former bandmate.

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Summary: The Color Green- a good band
Review: Such a wonderfully romantisized groupie movie. Everyone played the parts wonderfully in this flick, especially Tara Reid. Although she never becomes a "complete" groupie, she does learn much about them and thier motives. She learns about passion, love, and self respect. I just loved how it began with her being so inoccent and her wanting to be someone else. It's kind of an artistic movie and you really can't explain it. So just watch it. Being a Groupie is not a bad thing, it means loving something about someone else (whether it's music or sex).

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Summary: An articulate coming of age
Review: Dominique Swain is great as the at first insecure main character. This is a simple and sweet story of growing up and discovering the difference between love and infatuation.

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Summary: Sum it up in one 'Girl'
Review: I found 'Girl' to be the perfect representation of female teenage life. No matter what "group" you desired to be in, or what boy stole your heart, the thoughts that go through Dominique Swain's mind and the contrasting words that spill out of her mouth are no doubt that of any teenage girl on the verge of graduation and finding herself. I think the film did an amazing job in portraying teens a little more realistically than do most movies, with their characters being extreme personality types. The movie was absolutely hysterical, and 100% accurate. I thought the cast was incredible, and it was the first movie I have ever seen Dominique Swain in, and it's been awhile since I saw David Moscow, although his role was still fairly minor. The chemistry of the actors, script, and director along with an amazing soundtrack has made this movie one of my absolute favorites. I could watch it every day.