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The Exploding Girl

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The Exploding Girl (2009)

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Runtime: 79 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Jun 26, 2009 Limited

Synopsis: Twenty-year old Ivy heads home for college spring-break to New York with a fresh romance in her heart. When her best friend Al can’t find a place to stay, she asks her mother to take him in.... Twenty-year old Ivy heads home for college spring-break to New York with a fresh romance in her heart. When her best friend Al can’t find a place to stay, she asks her mother to take him in. Spending time in the city together strengthens their friendship, while Ivy’s boyfriend grows more distant. Although troubled, Ivy keeps her emotions in check, until her feelings become something she can’t control. --© Official Site [More]

Starring: Mark Rendall, Hunter Canning, Zoe Kazan, Maryann Urbano

Starring: Mark Rendall, Hunter Canning, Zoe Kazan, Maryann Urbano

Director: Bradley Rust Gray

Director: Bradley Rust Gray

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Exasperating for its mundane narrative of youthful non-courtship camouflaged by Manhattan street-video naturalism, The Exploding Girl occasionally suggests mumblecore with less improvisation and heaps of undergrad preciousness in place of snarky ir

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05/03/09
Bill Weber
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Beautifully restrained.

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04/29/09
Karina Longworth
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A slow and tedious look at the emotional aimlessness of college kids leaves the audience without either direction or entertainment.

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