New Waterford Girl (1999)

Director:

Allan Moyle

Writer:

Tricia Fish (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Get Pregnant Now. Lose Virginity Later.

Plot:

A gifted teenager, dreaming of life beyond her small town, becomes inspired when a 15-year-old girl from New York moves in next door. |

Plot Keywords:

Teenage Girl | New Kid | Teen Angst | Teacher | Small Town Life

Awards:

4 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Liane Balaban	...	Moonie Pottie
Tara Spencer-Nairn	...	Lou Benzoa
Mary Walsh	...	Cookie Pottie
Nicholas Campbell	...	Francis Pottie
Cathy Moriarty	...	Midge Benzoa
Andrew McCarthy	...	Cecil Sweeney
Darren Keay	...	Lexter Pottie (as Darren Kaey)
Kevin Curran	...	Joey
Krista MacDonald	...	Betty-Anne Pottie
Cassie MacDonald	...	Darlene Pottie
Adrien Dixon	...	Felix Pottie
Patrick Joyce	...	Darcy Benzoa
Lorne Pardy	...	Father Madden
Mark McKinney	...	Doctor Hogan
Susan Laney Dalton	...	Sandra

Also Known As:

Fille de New Waterford, La (Canada: French title)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada

Company:

Sienna Films Inc.

Trivia:

When writer Tricia Fish moved to New Waterford at age 13 with her family, her six-year-old brother ran into their kitchen one day all bloody, and happily said, "I made a friend!" She incorporated this into the movie, in an identical scene with the character of Darcy, Lou's little brother.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The movie is set in the 1970's, and as the two girls (Moonie and Lou) are driving along the coast to the bonfire place, there is a visible blue Dodge Neon parked in one of the houses. Dodge Neon was introduced the mid-1990's.

Quotes:

Lou Benzoa: Hey, this the boxing club?
Boxing Trainer: Yep.
Lou Benzoa: So, you guys use standing eight-counts or what?
Boxing Trainer: Let them kill each other, pretty much.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Weird Sex & Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004) (TV)

Small town life satirized.

Great Canadian film. It's all about small town life and how you have to fight to get out if that life doesn't fit you. And it's about teenage catholic issues. Who's preggers, who's gotten an abortion, who's f^(*&ing who, why there's no space in the house for more kids, etc. The leading actress Liane Balaban did a really good job of it all. She reminds me of Natalie Portman. If you're not sentimental or need action then I wouldn't bother. But if you find humor in the daughter of an incarcerated boxer knocking out all the boys in town then you'll dig this fun little movie. And oh yeah, it deals with young women actually have physical desires...which seems to be taboo or something.