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The Dead Girl (2006)

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User Rating: 6.8/10 (4,185 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Karen Moncrieff
Writer (WGA):
Karen Moncrieff (written by)
Release Date:
26 April 2007 (Hungary) more view trailer
Genre:
Drama | Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
One life ends. Seven others begin.
Plot:
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
Grim set of narratives will hit the spot if you are in the mood more
US TV Schedule:
Tue. May 278:15 PMSHOW   

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Toni Collette ... Arden
Piper Laurie ... Arden's Mother

Don Smith ... Cop #1 (as Donnie Smith)
Michael Raysses ... Cop #2

Earl Carroll ... Reporter
Dorothy Beatty ... Grocery Checker

Eva Loseth ... Grocery Store Customer

Giovanni Ribisi ... Rudy

Rose Byrne ... Leah

Joanie Tomsky ... Therapist

James Franco ... Derek

Christopher Allen Nelson ... Murray

Mary Steenburgen ... Beverley, Leah's Mother

Bruce Davison ... Leah's Father
Kate Mulligan ... Party Girl
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, grisly images and sexuality/nudity.
Runtime:
Netherlands:93 min (theatrical version) | USA:85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Acton, California, USA more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The name on the Missing Persons report for Brittany Murphy's prostitute character reads "Krista Kutcher." Murphy dated actor Ashton Kutcher after they starred together in the movie Just Married (2003). more
Quotes:
Rudy: You're not kissing me. You're just lying there like you want me to rape you!
Arden: Okay.
Rudy: What, you want me to rape you?
Arden: I'll kiss you.
Rudy: And take the gloves off.
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Soundtrack:
Standing Above The Stars more

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15 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
Grim set of narratives will hit the spot if you are in the mood, 12 May 2007
6/10
Author: D A from SoFla, UsA

An atmospheric sextuplet of stories revolving around The Dead Girl makes for an intriguing, if unnecessary diversion from your standard murder mystery. Starting with this basic concept, Karen Moncrieff, the writer and director, will show how those associated with this corpse react around the event. In loosely connected stories, this body becomes either foreground or background material to each scenario's more personal, character-based meditations. What turns out is an interesting and eerie slice of independent ensemble drama, more effective as distinct portions then the muddied whole it will add into.

Those going into the movie expecting a hard fought thriller will definitely be disappointed, but people who enjoy more low key fair might have found their sleeper hit of the moment. The Dead Girl reeks of professionally depressive performances. No more ensemble work then a collection of different short films thrown together, casting here nevertheless will make this feature far more attractive then it could have been. Everyone is at their subtly bleak best, and right from the start with Toni Collette's haunted presence one knows the film will be a showcase of silence and darkness from a worthy cast, perhaps at the expense of things like facts and plot.

Those who will enjoy The Dead Girl most are those who bask in cinematic gray areas. Nothing will attempt to be solved or moralized by detailing the grim reality of this murder. Instead viewers have six dark little tales which are more character study then interlocking mystery. For sheer foreboding ambiance alone, The Dead Girl is worth a watch; film's creepiest fade out in recent memory should distinctly heighten a lasting aftertaste.

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