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Forgetting the Girl

2012 · 1h 25m · NOT RATED Drama, Thriller
Directed by Nate Taylor

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Overview

Kevin is obsessed with finding a girl who can help him forget his unpleasant past. However, all his encounters with the opposite sex inevitably go afoul. As the rejections mount, Kevin's futile search for happiness and love becomes overwhelmingly turbulent, forcing him to take desperate measures.

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71%
Tomatometer
Fresh

First-time director Nate Taylor skillfully evokes a clammy sense of dread in this stealthily suspenseful indie thriller.

Joe Leydon, Variety
Rotten

The frequent use of direct-address narration feels too much like a fiction writer's device, however much it wants to be a hook.

David DeWitt, New York Times
Fresh

Written with a poet's ear and directed with an artist's eye ...

Annlee Ellingson, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

Thanks to some well-drawn characters and tight casting, including Anna Camp and Lindsay Beamish as an exceptionally troubled makeup artist, Taylor overcomes the script's minor implausibilities.

Chris Packham, Village Voice

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