Girl (1998)

A straight-A teen explores Seattle's rock scene.

Director:

Jonathan Kahn

Writers:

Blake Nelson (novel), David E. Tolchinsky (screenplay)

Stars:

Dominique Swain, Sean Patrick Flanery, Summer Phoenix

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dominique Swain	...	Andrea Marr
Sean Patrick Flanery	...	Todd Sparrow
Summer Phoenix	...	Rebecca Fernhurst
Tara Reid	...	Cybil
Selma Blair	...	Darcy
Channon Roe	...	Kevin
Portia de Rossi	...	Carla Sparrow (as Portia Di Rossi)
Christopher Masterson	...	Richard (as Christopher Kennedy Masterson)
David Moscow	...	Greg
James Karen	...	Dad
Rosemary Forsyth	...	Mom
Jay R. Ferguson	...	Parker Blackman
Katharine Towne	...	Marjorie
Robert Bower	...	Buzz Mitchell
John Philbin	...	Mr. Jones

Storyline

Andrea Marr is a bright, straight-A, mature, 18-year-old high school senior on the verge of womanhood who decides to abandon her sheltered, boring lifestyle and her bookish friend Darcy for a look into the local rock and roll scene as a groupie to local rock singer Tod Sparrow and learn more about the life of one who follows a touring band along with her new friends aspiring rock star wannabee Cybil, outgoing fellow groupie Rebecca, and music critic Kevin.

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Plot Keywords:

groupie | womanhood | high school | teenage girl in underwear | party | 

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Taglines:

First Crush, First Lust, First Love!

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality, language and some teen alcohol and drug use

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 May 1998 (France)

Also Known As:

Andrea, inocencia perdida

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

HSX Films, Jeff Most Productions, Kushner-Locke Company, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

While Andrea is dancing during The Badheads/Thriftstore Apocalypse first song, Cybil's lips don't match up with the vocals she is supposedly singing.

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Quotes

Todd: If it was in your soul to do it, then fate would just take you there. And everything else was just a test to see if you were the real thing.
Todd: [pause] Are you the real thing, Andrea?
Andrea: Yes... I am.

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Soundtracks

"Which Way"
Written by Mark Goodman
Performed by Magnet

User Reviews

Threeway

The setup is all too familiar: we have a girl who wonders about life. She has sex, is disappointed in love (always mildly by our measures) and thus "grows up."

Its a persistent fiction that is glued into filmdom and god knows how many lives it has bent.

But as these go, this one isn't as tendentious as the others. I think that's because of the triple narrative structure.

The main narrative is the girl (here Dominique Swain fresh from "Lolita"), who tells us what is going on in her mind. Thhings like "I wish I could grow up." Sometimes her narration is her thoughts in the story rather than over it, such as when she says something polite but is thinking something rude.

The second narrative is the story we see of course. Naturally, all the sex is akin to dreamy cuddling.

The third narrative is embedded in the story, the narrative of incisive rock songs. Indeed, they are rock songs about the very stuff of the story and inspired by the story itself. The three are woven together, each commenting on the other.

Few young viewers will notice, but this is pretty sophisticated storytelling. Even though every thing in it is empty and borrowed, the whole seems much fresher.

Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.