Dirty Girl DVD Review
By: RAMA
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DIRTY GIRL is irresistible, funny, and heartfelt. A great blend of drama and comedy. Indie star Juno Temple is a force to be reckoned with. Equally stellar performances from the supporting cast. This is one movie you need to watch…
DIRTY GIRL is the story of Danielle (Juno Temple), the dirty girl of Norman High School in Norman, Oklahoma, circa 1987. Her reputation takes an unexpected hit when her misbehavior gets her banished to a remedial class, where she is paired on a parenting project with Clarke (Jeremy Dozier), an innocent closet-case with no friends. When her mother (Milla Jovovich) announces her engagement to her family-minded boyfriend (William H. Macy), mortified Danielle vows to get to California to find the father she’s never met! Clarke is desperate to escape being sent to military school by his homophobic dad (Dwight Yoakam) and repressed mom (Mary Steenburgen), prompting the two mismatched misfits to make their getaway: on a cross-country road trip that leads to an unexpected and serendipitous friendship.
I’ve admired Juno Temple for quite some time now because even though she occasionally finds herself in big budget gigs like Year One, The Three Musketeers, and the upcoming THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, she remains and feels comfortable challenging her skills with indie low budget gigs that focus more on the story and the characters.
In DIRTY GIRL, 21 year old Temple wants to showed that she was ready to show her wild, daring side by playing a damaged soul that is Danielle who’s not letting anything get in the way of her meeting the father she never knew.
It’s also a friendship story of Danielle and a gay teen, named Clarke, who had difficulties coming to terms with who he was. Actor Jeremy Dozier played Clarke and his comedic timing was excellent.
Their little road trip into finding out that they were not so bad after all, is the story’s very core that will draw you in.
The humor was smart, the ’80s nostalgic tunes were catchy and liberating.
Writer/director Abe Sylvia has crafted a little coming of age movie that’s simply terrific, this is a little movie that could.
The DVD’s bonus features only offer audio commentary with writer-director Abe Sylvia, as well as deleted and extended scenes, no behind-the-scenes featurette, at least not that I know of
DIRTY GIRL DVD
Street date: January 17, 2012
Pre-book: December 21, 2011
Catalog #: WC23283
UPC: 0 1313 23283-9 3
Run time: 90 Minutes
Rating: Rated R for sexual content, including graphic nudity, and language.
SRP: $29.98
Format: 2.40 Widescreen
Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1
GRADE: 5 out of 5
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