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The Girl In the Book
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The movie revolves around an aspiring young novelist must confront her past emotional trauma and to make decisions that will ultimately dispel her demons, bringing to light the love and creative voice she sought after many years ago.
The movie revolves around an aspiring young novelist must confront her past emotional trauma and to make decisions that will ultimately dispel her demons, bringing to light the love and creative voice she sought after many years ago.
Actors:
Kaneza Schaal,
Alysia Reiner,
Hollis Witherspoon,
Nana Ponceleon,
John C. Vennema,
David Call,
Kellie Overbey
Kaneza Schaal
Alysia Reiner
21 July 1970, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Hollis Witherspoon
Nana Ponceleon
John C. Vennema
24 August 1948, Houston, Texas, USA
David Call
Kellie Overbey
21 November 1964, Murray, Kentucky, USA
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Marya Cohn
Marya Cohn
Country:
United States
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December 04, 2015
The Girl in the Book is an auspicious debut for Cohn, a showcase for VanCamp's true acting abilities, and a fascinating feminine story.
December 08, 2015
So unpretentious that it could be accused of lacking style or vigor, writer-director Marya Cohn's maturely conceived, Kickstarter-budgeted debut swaps genders on the more traditionally male-driven story of a stunted coming-of-age.
December 10, 2015
The director, Ms. Cohn, making her feature debut, wrote the script and handily keeps the story's many elements in motion.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
December 10, 2015
VanCamp gives a layered, memorable performance, while writer/director Marya Cohn, making her feature debut, has crafted a nonlinear story that artfully tiptoes between cliche and truth.
December 15, 2015
Cohn ... adeptly balances elements of contemporary romantic comedy and scathing cultural criticism in a film that is obviously deeply personal and simultaneously universal.
December 10, 2015
"The Girl in the Book" proves to be anything but a page-turner.
December 04, 2015
[The filmmakers] lend the film's overall impact the alert observational intelligence of a first-rate short story.
December 10, 2015
Though its resolution is a bit pat, most of "The Girl in the Book" is a smart and pointed look at abuses of power and roles women too often play in the literary world.
Hollywood Reporter
December 04, 2015
Cohn displays deep sympathy with her protagonist's intersecting emotional crises, scripting a narrative that's intensely perceptive without becoming mired in mawkishness.
December 10, 2015
From time to time, Cohn allows a few rays of light to penetrate the gloom and suggest that Alice may find a way transcend her despair. It's a small measure of relief from the overall mood of hopelessness.
December 10, 2015
As Alice, VanCamp is exceptional, eliciting our sympathy even when the character is making maddeningly self-destructive decisions.