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The Dead Girl (2006)

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User Rating: 6.8/10 (4,539 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Karen Moncrieff
Writer (WGA):
Karen Moncrieff (written by)
Release Date:
26 April 2007 (Hungary) more view trailer
Genre:
Drama | Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
One life ends. Seven others begin. more
Plot:
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
My Only Sunshine more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Toni Collette ... Arden
Piper Laurie ... Arden's Mother

Don Smith ... Cop #1 (as Donnie Smith)
Michael Raysses ... Cop #2

Earl Carroll ... Reporter
Dorothy Beatty ... Grocery Checker

Eva Loseth ... Grocery Store Customer

Giovanni Ribisi ... Rudy

Rose Byrne ... Leah

Joanie Tomsky ... Therapist

James Franco ... Derek

Christopher Allen Nelson ... Murray

Mary Steenburgen ... Beverley, Leah's Mother

Bruce Davison ... Leah's Father
Kate Mulligan ... Party Girl
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, grisly images and sexuality/nudity.
Runtime:
USA:85 min | Netherlands:93 min (theatrical version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Acton, California, USA more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The name on the Missing Persons report for Brittany Murphy's prostitute character reads "Krista Kutcher." Murphy dated actor Ashton Kutcher after they starred together in the movie Just Married (2003). more
Quotes:
Rudy: You're not kissing me. You're just lying there like you want me to rape you!
Arden: Okay.
Rudy: What, you want me to rape you?
Arden: I'll kiss you.
Rudy: And take the gloves off.
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Soundtrack:
The Old Zoo more

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22 out of 27 people found the following comment useful:-
My Only Sunshine, 4 March 2007
8/10
Author: David Ferguson (fergusontx@gmail.com) from Dallas, Texas

Greetings again from the darkness. Who is Karen Moncrief and where did she come from? The writer/director of this very interesting, complex "little" depressing film really took me by surprise with a tremendous script and creatively photographed look at how 5 stories intersect thanks to one dead body found in a field. I know most are already thinking "Crash" or "Babel", but this film is much more intimate and personal than either of those two big budget films.

The story begins with emotionally bankrupt Toni Collette finding the body in a field near the home she shares with her physically invalid, emotionally abusing mother, played with brimstone by Piper Laurie (who has quite the history of tough love Mom's!). The depths of Collette's loneliness are played out in one of the most painful first kisses ever filmed on her date with Giovanni Ribisi.

On the surface, what appears to be the most "normal" family, we get the lovely Rose Byre preparing the body for burial and believing (or more truthfully hoping) that the body belongs to her long missing sister. The stress and depression in the family is so painful as mother Mary Steenburgen refuses to "give up" hope and dad Bruce Davison is just helpless as the women in his life are all lost to him. While Byrne thinks the body belongs to her sister, she feel re-born and actually leaves her fetal position to date James Franco. However, soon all returns to "normal".

Mary Beth Hurt and Nick Searcy run a storage unit business next to their home and they spend their time together arguing and going emotionally numb. Searcy escapes for long drives and comes home with no explanation. A little detective work by Hurt has her proving her love and loyalty to a man who does not deserve it.

Marcia Gay Harden is the mother of the found dead girl. She goes searching for answers as to why her daughter ran away from home and how the daughter lived. The answers aren't pretty and most come from a hooker played by Kerry Washington. After much heart-break, the only sunshine in the film is discovered.

The films final chapter delivers the last piece of the puzzle as we see Brittany Murphy (the dead girl) and her struggles to make some type of life for herself. Again, painful to watch, but filled with emotional drama.

These stories are broken out here for a message. The acting of each of those named above is profound and never once over the top. Each story could be its own film, yet the brief glimpse provided into each life is just about all we can take. Ms. Moncrief has created a gem and a view into life's pain that crosses all genders, races and socio-economic boundaries. OK, I did smile once ... when I heard that Brittany Murphy's character has the last name KUTCHER!!

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