The Exploding Girl
Drama, Romance
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2010
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On a summer break from college, Ivy, a young epileptic woman, struggles to balance her feelings for her fledgling boyfriend while her friend Al crashes with her for the season.
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Rated:
UNRATED
Runtime:
80 min
Release date:
12 Mar 2010
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The Exploding Girl is a film about the deceptiveness of surfaces, and it takes place in a small town that you eventually realize with a start is actually New York City.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
6 May 2010
fresh:
The Exploding Girl is a character study of one young woman - and of an entire generation struggling to maintain external maturity despite internal regression.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
15 Apr 2010
fresh:
Sometimes a carefully placed pinprick can stay with you longer than a heavier, clumsier blow, and so it is with Bradley Rust Gray's delicately done but indelible The Exploding Girl.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr 2010
fresh:
A Zen-like experience of watchful compassion in deliberately challenging circumstances: trying to see and hear, without leaping to conclusions, the gathering troubles of a young woman living in hectic circles and with increasing self-absorption.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
1 Apr 2010
fresh:
Viewers willing to slow down their cinematic metabolism enough to watch The Exploding Girl at its own pace will find their patience rewarded by moments of great beauty...
– Dan Kois,
Washington Post,
26 Mar 2010