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Stray Dolls

  • 20192019
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
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Olivia DeJonge and Geetanjali Thapa in Stray Dolls (2019)
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CrimeThriller
One petty crime spirals into the next.One petty crime spirals into the next.One petty crime spirals into the next.
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
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    • Sonejuhi Sinha
    • Charlotte Rabate
    • Sonejuhi Sinha
  • Stars
    • Olivia DeJonge
    • Cynthia Nixon
    • Robert Aramayo
    • Sonejuhi Sinha
    • Charlotte Rabate
    • Sonejuhi Sinha
  • Stars
    • Olivia DeJonge
    • Cynthia Nixon
    • Robert Aramayo
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    • 43User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
    • 58Metascore
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    Olivia DeJonge and Geetanjali Thapa in Stray Dolls (2019)
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    Olivia DeJonge
    Olivia DeJonge
    • Dallas
    Cynthia Nixon
    Cynthia Nixon
    • Una
    Robert Aramayo
    Robert Aramayo
    • Jimmy
    Shiloh Verrico
    Shiloh Verrico
    • Kid #1
    Samrat Chakrabarti
    Samrat Chakrabarti
    • Sal
    Rosemary Howard
    Rosemary Howard
    • Doreen
    Geetanjali Thapa
    Geetanjali Thapa
    • Riz
    Kelvin McGrue
    Kelvin McGrue
    • Mikey
    Jeff Musillo
    Jeff Musillo
    • Motel Guest - Cross Dresser
    Alberto Bonilla
    Alberto Bonilla
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    John Schiappa
    John Schiappa
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    Yvette Lashawn Williams
    • Peaches
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    Todd Birmingham
    Todd Birmingham
    • Bunny Man
    Alyssa Maria App
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    Puy Navarro
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    David Tuttle
    • Motel Guest
      • Sonejuhi Sinha
      • Charlotte Rabate
      • Sonejuhi Sinha
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    8/10
    Gripping, Taut and Topical Female-Driven Thriller
    Stray Dolls is a taut, suspenseful and engaging thriller from rising-star director Sonejuhi Sinha. When Riz, a 20-something Indian immigrant looking to start over in the USA, arrives at the Tides Plaza Motel looking for honest work, it soon becomes clear that the American Dream isn't universally granted to everyone, and she's soon pulled back into a life of petty crime with Dallas, her volatile but determined roommate.

    Sinha's careful attention to lighting, color and tone can be seen in every shot, which lends the film a sense of coldness that deepens the viewer's unease.

    The desperation of its characters makes the film hum with a sense of urgency that can be unsettling in a powerful way, as it forces the viewer to examine the comforts that we take for granted by inheriting an ingrained sense of belonging in this country.

    Geetanjali Thapa infuses Riz with a cynicism born of world-weariness, but it is Olivia Dejonge's Dallas who steals the show with a combustibility that is electrifying to watch. While both of them could have easily come across as familiar tropes of the naïve immigrant and damaged teenage runaway, Sinha masterfully examines these tropes by cracking them open.

    We don't have many examples of female-driven, seedy crime thrillers, and it's important to recognize that even in 2020, almost thirty years after the release of Thelma & Louise, we still have very few female antiheroes whose we can feel good about rooting for even as we're watching them be bad.
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      • April 10, 2020 (United States)
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      • Nepali
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      • Om Films
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