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All the Real Girls (2003)

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Reviews Counted:110

Fresh:78

Rotten:32

Average Rating:6.9/10

Consensus: Has enough honest moments to warrant a look.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language and some sexuality

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Feb 14, 2003 Limited

Box Office: $141,311

Synopsis: ALL THE REAL GIRLS is set in a small mill town that gets smaller and more run down with each passing year. Paul (Paul Schneider) has lived here all his life, never been out of the county. It's... ALL THE REAL GIRLS is set in a small mill town that gets smaller and more run down with each passing year. Paul (Paul Schneider) has lived here all his life, never been out of the county. It's never really occurred to him. He lives a cozy, affectionate life with his mom, Elvira (Patricia Clarkson) and he works as a grease monkey for his uncle Leland (Benjamin Mouton). Charming in his way, he has a devoted circle of rowdy friends that he's known for ever -- Tip (Shea Whigham), the richest and most lawless of the bunch; Bo (Maurice Compte), a philosopher not interested in wasting his precious seed on the local girls; and Bust-Ass (Danny McBride), a goofball who is not the sharpest tool in the shed. It's a place of rednecks, mill hands, beer-slugging pontificators and fallen southern belles. Paul's life changes when he finds Tip's younger sister Noel, (Zooey Deschanel), who has just graduated from boarding school and returned to town. She catches the eye of Paul, who has never met anyone like her. And she's never met anyone quite like him -- funny and quirky and unpretentious. They fall in love -- a scary, uncomfortable love, with no precedents for either of them. Although he's had more than his share of romantic experiences, he has never felt anything like this. He's elated and terrified at the same time. And for Noel, this seems like the real thing, not that she knows what she's supposed to do next. For all her worldliness, and his previous conquests, they sometimes act like two kids playing at grown-up love. As the Winter progresses, things go very right, and sometimes wrong. -- © Sony Pictures Classics [More]

Starring: Paul Schneider, Zooey Deschanel, Patricia Clarkson, Shea Whigham

Starring: Paul Schneider, Zooey Deschanel, Patricia Clarkson, Shea Whigham, Danny McBride, Benjamin Mouton

Director: David Gordon Green

Director: David Gordon Green
Screenwriter: David Gordon Green
Story: Paul Schneider, David Gordon Green
Producer: Jean Doumanain, Lisa Muskat
Composer: David Wingo, Michael Linnen
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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Film Threat

The performances are convincing, and sufficiently nuanced to elevate the characters beyond mere cliché.

Full Review Source: Movie Gazette | comment Comment
10/28/03
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette

A sweet glimpse into young romance, delivered with...style, but, in the end, unsatisfyingly skimming the surface

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
02/13/03
Arthur Lazere
Arthur Lazere
culturevulture.net

A letdown for those who were hoping for so much after George Washington.

Full Review Source: KPBS.org | comment Comment
03/05/03
Beth Accomando
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org

Girls has small and simple charms, but the movie succumbs to the combined weight of its preoccupations with non-hurried, 'honest' interactions and general open-endedness.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Today | comment Comment
02/24/03
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

One of those movies that can drive you freakin' nuts.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
03/21/03
Bruce Kirkland
Bruce Kirkland
Jam! Movies

Director David Gordon Green knows more about how to capture a striking image on screen than telling a compelling story.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
04/04/03
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

The main characters are unremarkable, and most of the acting is dull.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
02/28/03
David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

Much of the film, which so much wants to seem natural and unforced, comes off as contrived and slightly precious.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
04/10/03
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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A picture of fits and starts, sometimes touching and occasionally insightful, but overall quite artificial and affected.

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02/24/03
Frank Swietek
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I like quiet lyricism as much as the next guy, but All the Real Girls gives it a bad name.

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03/28/03
Gary Thompson
Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News

This earnest love story is borderline insufferable, and yet there are moments that, in their bold incoherence, have a startling emotional truth.

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02/11/03
J. Hoberman
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