The Holy Girl
2004, Drama, 1h 46m
61 Reviews 1,000+ RatingsWhat to know
This provocative, lyrical drama mixes themes of forbidden sexuality and redemptive faith with a touch of humanism in a memorable, if disorienting, visual style. Read critic reviews
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Helena
Dr. Jano
Freddy
Amelia
Josefina
Inés
Critic Reviews for The Holy Girl
All Critics (61) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (47) | Rotten (14)
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December 30, 2006 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
Director Lucrecia Martel's storytelling is spare to the point of being stingy.
July 7, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/5 -
Martel's style is tentative, elusive, so much so that even the most conventional episodes benefit from her fresh perspective.
June 24, 2005 | Rating: 3/4 -
A very intelligent movie marked by candor and compassion.
June 18, 2005 | Rating: 3.5/4 -
Ultimately turns out to be something of a bore, a film that, like one of its main characters, wanders around touching on subjects and then fleeing before connecting fully.
June 17, 2005 | Rating: D -
A uniquely intriguing motion picture.
June 17, 2005 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
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December 30, 2006 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
Director Lucrecia Martel's storytelling is spare to the point of being stingy.
July 7, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/5 -
Martel's style is tentative, elusive, so much so that even the most conventional episodes benefit from her fresh perspective.
June 24, 2005 | Rating: 3/4 -
A very intelligent movie marked by candor and compassion.
June 18, 2005 | Rating: 3.5/4 -
With this well executed drama, a follow-up to her La Cienega, Lucrecia Martel emerges as a major Argentinean filmmaker.
June 28, 2011 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… -
The film's power comes from Amalia, and from Martel's vivid atmosphere.
May 26, 2006 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Holy Girl
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Sep 27, 2015Whereas in La Ciénaga Martel was always able to maintain a tight structure and focus even with a huge gallery of characters, in this case her notably flawed narrative - despite her usual social commentary and a promising premise - lacks cohesion and seems to go nowhere.Carlos M Super Reviewer
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Nov 30, 2009"The Holy Girl" is one of the most boring films I've ever seen. Set in a hotel during a doctors' conference, it chronicles myriad banalities such as people having lunch together silently. Then we watch maids doing laundry. Then the children of hotel employees take religion classes together. Then teenage girls wash their hair, etc. One banal sequence after another. One girl who lives at the hotel starts to have feelings of longing for one of the doctors at the conference after he touches her in a provocative way one day. She starts following him around the hotel, and he tries to avoid her. The girl's mother also develops a mild crush on this doctor, which is hard to understand because he barely ever speaks or does anything interesting. Almost no one says anything interesting. There is practically no script at all. I cannot understand what writer/director Lucrecia Martel thought was so interesting about all these banalities. Her most recent film, "The Headless Woman," was vastly more interesting. By contrast, "The Holy Girl" has almost no content whatsoever. This is a must-avoid.William D Super Reviewer
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Sep 29, 2008Martel defies the canonized "Catholic" topics by alienating the values of love,detest and sickness.Inner sickness,vacant passion and finally,that tempest called teenage years.The languid pace of the film doesn't repulse the viewer,on the contrary...I felt more repulsed by the holiness of certain characters,thus giving me a reason to disrespect their religiousness.Dimitris S Super Reviewer
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Aug 02, 2008Love her or hate her, Martel's vision and approach to story structure are absolutely unique.Rhady N Super Reviewer
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