Review of The Dead Girl (2006) by Ashley T — 10 May 2008
After seeing Blue Car less than a month ago, Karen Moncrieff's only other film to date as writer/director, I'm convinced she is insanely talented writing fascinating female characters and making them come alive through powerful performances. I hope her streak continues with film number three.
The Dead Girl is a very dark film, one I wasn't sure about until half way through. A quartet of short films surrounding the death of a prostitute, each story seperate from the rest, avoiding the annoying "interwoven" editing style of films I loathe such as Crash and Babel. Instead, this one fully develops a storyline with a pair of main characters, no more than twenty minutes long, and then starts over.
Each story offers different points of view surrounding the title character, whom we don't meet until the final twenty minutes, and each one has it's one unique mix of despair and hope.
All four parts are worth watching, but the best are the ones with Rose Byrne, convinced the dead girl is her missing sister, and Brittany Murphy in the title role.
This review of The Dead Girl (2006) was written by Ashley T on 10 May 2008.
The Dead Girl has generally received positive reviews.
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