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A smart and ambitious teen reinvents herself as a music critic.

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Led by Beanie Feldstein's charming performance, How to Build a Girl puts a disarmingly earnest spin on the familiar coming-of-age comedy formula.

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How to Build a Girl | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Clarisse Loughrey Independent (UK) Feldstein's charms are brilliantly weaponised here. Rated: 3/5 Dec 9, 2020 Full Review How to Build a Girl | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Robbie Collin Daily Telegraph (UK) The strong, distinctive, individual voice you keep hoping to hear never breaks through. Rated: 2/5 Nov 22, 2020 Full Review How to Build a Girl | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Kimber Myers Crooked Marquee It's not subtle, but How to Build a Girl shouldn't be a quiet movie; it's as loud and full of life as its central character ... Rated: B Nov 16, 2020 Full Review How to Build a Girl | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Calum Cooper In Their Own League “How to Build a Girl” has a lot going on in its favour. It may perhaps be a bit overstuffed for some tastes, but its heart is consistently in the right place in spite of this. Rated: 3/5 Jul 14, 2024 Full Review How to Build a Girl | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Jason Flatt But Why Tho? A Geek Community Feldstein has proven to be a master of the genre and How to Build a Girl is worth watching for her performance alone. Rated: 8/10 Jan 17, 2023 Full Review How to Build a Girl | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Dallas King Flick Feast For a film where the central character has to develop a unique voice in order to stand out, the final product is crushingly formulaic... The result is a movie that resembles an album of terrible cover versions of your favourite songs. Rated: 1/5 Nov 12, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Albert W Meh... not bad but not that great either. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/24/24 Full Review Audience Member Coming of age + Funny + Light + Endearing + Heart Warming = Lovely Movie (What are you waiting for? If you you are in the mood for something light to lift you up.. Watch it!) Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review toby h How to Build a Girl is a modern day coming of age story. Feldstein owns the screen (and the accent), with witty comedic charm elevating a standard story. A good way to build a career for the lead. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I forgot to rate this after watching but from what I remember 2.3 Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/18/21 Full Review Audience Member Writing, Rock N Roll, rough family and an epic coming of age story for Johanna. She gains a career writing mean reviews of rockers' music, but in the process loses herself. It's a great, well-written ride. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Beanie Feldstein was great in this, but the movie as a whole just wasn't as compelling as a I wanted it to be. Worth watching for her performance, but I think I liked the book better. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Coky Giedroyc Director Beanie Feldstein Johanna Morrigan Alfie Allen John Kite Paddy Considine Pat Morrigan Sarah Solemani Angie Morrigan Chris O'Dowd Alan "Wilko" Wilkinson
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Synopsis A smart and ambitious teen reinvents herself as a music critic.

Director
Coky Giedroyc

Producer
Debra Hayward

Screenwriter
Caitlin Moran

Production Co
Film 4, Monumental Pictures, Lionsgate

Rating
R (Some Teen Drinking|Sexual Content|Language Throughout)

Genre
Comedy

Original Language
British English

Release Date (Streaming)
May 8, 2020

Box Office (Gross USA)
$70.5K

Runtime
1h 42m
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