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Girl Play

Two Women, One Love, Dozens Of Stories

2004 · 1h 20m · NOT RATED Comedy
Directed by Lee Friedlander

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Two real-life lesbian actresses meet by chance when they are cast as lovers in a local stage play, and end up actually falling in love. Robin, who is married to her girlfriend for half a dozen years, and Lacie, someone who never had a lasting relationship, are both cast to play lesbian lovers in a Los Angeles stage play. Innocently, the stage director, Gabriel runs the actresses through a series of rehearsals designed to "bring out the intimacy" in each performer. Soon the two women find themselves increasingly and undeniably attracted to each other and overcome with desire. They must ask themselves whether this relationship is manufactured, created for the sake of the "girl play", or is true love.

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Rotten

Mainly a simple pair of soliloquies about lesbians struggling as life partners, with some scenes of farce and dread in the mix.

Ned Martel, New York Times
Rotten

Exactly why we should care about these narcissists is a mystery.

V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Rotten

With little plot and a stifling set, the movie needs stronger performances than its leads can offer.

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Rotten

Greenspan and Harmon's paltry song of themselves concludes with five minutes of outtakes, capping the self-love.

Melissa Anderson, Village Voice
Fresh

A small-scale but winning comedy.

Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter

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