Review of Horse Girl (2020) by Jlau — 27 Sep 2020

Woman has dreams that seep into her daily life but it's not clear if she's actually crazy or getting visited by aliens and for some reason, it's important that she likes horses.

This review of Horse Girl (2020) was written by Jlau on 27 Sep 2020.

Horse Girl has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Mrpicture (3) on 08 Feb 2020

Alison Brie has never been better on film, and for the first half Horse Girl knows how to blend confussion and mystery well together, before…

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By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 06 Feb 2020

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The transgressiveness of Baena and Brie’s strange and sorrowful Horse Girl, is in how it turns the simplistic, inauthentic tweeness of the…

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By Gemperkins (1) on 21 Feb 2020

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