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By Noel Murray (1,901) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 02 Sep 2014

While Murdoch exhibits masterful control in a recording studio, he isn’t a natural-born filmmaker…

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By Chris Cabin (484) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 01 Sep 2014

Stuart Murdoch clearly knows quite a bit about crafting pop tunes, but the film's consideration of the work of songwriting is totally flippant…

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By Serena Donadoni (158) for Village Voice (8,525) on 01 Sep 2014

Browning captures Eve's weariness and enthusiasm, and her lovely voice and crisp delivery gives Murdoch's labored lyrics a vulnerable immediacy…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 26 Aug 2014

With bouncy pop tunes and a breezy tone, this Scottish musical sometimes feels so weightless that it seems to float right out of existence…

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By Xan Brooks (287) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 23 Aug 2014

God Help the Girl comes loose and easy, verging on the slipshod…

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By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 23 Aug 2014

Anyone who is brought out in hives by Murdoch's brand of pop will undoubtedly be itching to slap his threesome…

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By Jamie Healy (34) for Radio Times (2,421) on 21 Aug 2014

A spirit of youthful naivety does permeate the tale, but while it's sure to charm some, others may find it all insufferably twee…

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By Leslie Felperin (768) for Guardian (4,584) on 20 Aug 2014

It's not funny or clever, or even musically very interesting. It's just bad…

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By Chris Buckle (26) for The Skinny (809) on 20 Aug 2014

Winsomely engaging, largely thanks to Emily Browning's gamine lead performance…

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By Sophie Monks Kaufman (221) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 20 Aug 2014

Like an artisan breadcrumb trail, God Helpthe Girl is made of disconnected parts yetones so tangythat it is easy to be tickled right until the end…

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By Catherine Bray (216) for Time Out (7,510) on 19 Aug 2014

The whole phantasmagorical enterprise is so sweetly confident that it just about gets away with its entirely casual approach to believability…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for The List (2,018) on 17 Aug 2014

It risks curling the toes of non-believers but wins you over in the end by wearing its heart so boldly on its sleeve…

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By Ian Freer (515) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 17 Aug 2014

As Marmite-y as Stuart Murdoch's music, you'll find it either winningly charming or irritatingly fey. Either way, its warmth shines through…

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By Siobhan Synnot (412) for Scotsman (1,471) on 17 Aug 2014

If only the characters were more focussed: as it is there's a sense that this a heartfelt film, without really touching the heart…

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By Emma Johnston (16) for Total Film (3,532) on 17 Aug 2014

The cutesiness will entice /repel viewers in equal measure, but it has a lot of heart, and displays it on its sleeve…

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By Scottt F (59) on 16 Aug 2014

Loved it perfectly British and what a soundtrack…

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By Luke E (348) on 07 Aug 2014

Stuart Murdoch's directorial debut almost feel far removed from reality, but what may look like a cardboard cut-out scenario turned out to…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 16 Jul 2014

The wistful pleasures are stretched awfully thin at almost two hours in a film that blurs the line separating self-irony from tiresome…

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By Lynden Barber (66) for sbs.com.au (697) on 06 Jul 2014

God Help the Girl marks the writing-directing debut of Stuart Murdoch from Scottish musical duo Belle and Sebastian and it's marvelous in almost…

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By Shane O (205) on 17 Mar 2014

While the songs are all generally quite good, a paper thin plot and a very whiny, unlikable character in Olly Alexander's James ruins this…

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