Critic Reviews

Dead Girl, The (2007) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

Confounds expectations -- about slasher stories and about film narrative in general, in part by being closer to a collection of interconnected short stories than to a novel....read the complete Dead Girl, The (2007) review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

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Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)

A very unconventional way to tell a story we've seen about a million times, and for that (along with the lean 94-minute running time), I am thankful. Keep an eye on Moncrieff -- she's the real deal....read the complete Dead Girl, The (2007) review at Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)

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Los Angeles Times (Kevin Crust)

If the segments are uneven, Moncrieff -- with the help of her excellent cast -- nevertheless crafts a gripping overall narrative that exposes a shared dissonance among the protagonists....read the complete Dead Girl, The (2007) review at Los Angeles Times (Kevin Crust)

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Slant Magazine (Ed Gonzalez)

Karen Moncrieff's melodrama is less noxious than Paul Haggis's race fantasy by virtue of having nothing to say about anything that will be of any importance to anyone....read the complete Dead Girl, The (2007) review at Slant Magazine (Ed Gonzalez)