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Girl Asleep

Fifteen is going to turn a corner. It has to.

2015 · 1h 17m · N/A Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Directed by Rosemary Myers

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Overview

The world is closing in on Greta Driscoll. On the cusp of turning fifteen she can't bear to leave her childhood, it contains all the things that give her comfort in this incomprehensible new world. She floats in a bubble of loserdom with her only friend Elliott, until her parents throw her a surprise 15th birthday party and she's flung into a parallel place; a world that's weirdly erotic, a little bit violent and thoroughly ludicrous - only there can she find herself.

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Fresh

"Girl Asleep" isn't easy to categorize. It's a wild curiosity that shifts on a whim. In that sense, there couldn't be a better metaphor for the inner workings of a teenage girl's mind.

Stephanie Merry, Washington Post
Fresh

Not every chance director Rosemary Myers takes in her debut feature pays off. But the point is, at least she takes some, and when they work, they work to perfection.

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Rotten

I hope Myers and Whittet make more movies. Maybe it's best to consider this one just practice.

Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Fresh

Plays like the love child of Jane Campion and Guy Maddin, an otherworldly quinceanera that celebrates female rites of passage and the hallucinatory power of film.

Serena Donadoni, Village Voice
Fresh

As it seesaws between Greta's conscious and unconscious minds, the movie begins to feel like a waking dream.

Stephen Holden, New York Times

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