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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 16 Mar 2007

Those who pass on The Dead Girl are missing something…

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By William Arnold (1,101) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 15 Mar 2007

The film is also an impressive showcase for a large ensemble cast that also includes Josh Brolin, James Franco and Kerry Washington…

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By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 09 Mar 2007

Growing less lurid and more poignant as it builds its story through a series of linked vignettes, this film by Karen Moncrieff provides a showcase…

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By Christopher Smith (624) for Bangor Daily News (Maine) (624) on 05 Mar 2007

Five stories compose the heart of The Dead Girl, Karen Moncreiff's disturbing new drama that's so unsettling, it likely will leave those who…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for Associated Press (1,685) on 02 Mar 2007

Moncrieff never gets melodramatic with subject matter that easily could have been; she won't make you feel good, but she will make you feel…

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By Amy Biancolli (582) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 23 Feb 2007

All Screams aside, movies about serial killing are rarely chipper affairs. But few are as glum as The Dead Girl…

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By Mary F. Pols (536) for Contra Costa Times (478) on 09 Feb 2007

From Collette to Byrne, these women start out strong and get continually better, reaching a crescendo with Murphy…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (630) on 09 Feb 2007

sometimes feels like Seven filtered through Sundance, but at least it gives weight to the sort of tragic story Hollywood usually treats…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 08 Feb 2007

There is no surprise or justice or sense to the whole thing. Just sadness. And a sense of all the lonely people and where they all come from…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 08 Feb 2007

The way Moncrieff has structured The Dead Girl, it's catnip for actors: Divided into five chapters, the script affords juicy roles requiring…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 08 Feb 2007

There's an underlying, unifying power and credibility to Moncrieff's cumulative assertion that degradation is expected of too many women, and…

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By Ken Fox (1,094) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 05 Feb 2007

All behave in ways that may at first seem incomprehensible, but through Moncrieff's expert storytelling, each woman is finally rendered merely human…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Maxim (189) on 19 Jan 2007

A blistering, complex and compelling mystery that offers one of the best acting ensembles seen in ages…

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By Jesse Hassenger (800) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 18 Jan 2007

The faces of The Dead Girl, and their ways of reacting to utter awfulness, are preserved in your memory for days afterward…

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By Andrew Sarris (502) for New York Observer (1,400) on 17 Jan 2007

Ms. Moncrieff's ambitious second film is a bit of a disappointment after the promise shown in her more tightly structured debut effort, Blue Car…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 10 Jan 2007

Moncrieff pushes a view of women as victims that might create its own pornography of masochism if it didn't touch so many authentic shattered…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for www.susangranger.com (329) on 06 Jan 2007

Bleak and baleful, recommended only if you're into sinister desolation…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 05 Jan 2007

there's little doubt that the movie cements [Karen Moncrieff's] status as one of the most promising new filmmakers to come around in ages…

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By Jim Ridley (126) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 04 Jan 2007

Moncrieff's glum, somber film is something of a needed corrective at the moment, when horror movies are turning into weightless exercises in…

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By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 02 Jan 2007

The film picks up speed and interest, due largely to a host of strong performances by some fiercely committed actresses…

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