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Girl (1998)

Girl poster
Directed by
Jonathan Kahn
Genre
drama film, romance film, teen film, coming-of-age film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
R
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 43 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A high school girl navigates her first serious relationship and the ups and downs of adolescence. She deals with friends, crushes, and the pressure of growing up in the late 1990s.

teenageangstyrelatablemelancholicslow-burnintimateearnestcoming-of-age

What happens

Girl is a 1998 American drama film starring Dominique Swain, Christopher Masterson, Selma Blair, Tara Reid, Summer Phoenix, Portia de Rossi and Sean Patrick Flanery. It was based on the novel of the same name, written by Blake Nelson. It was written by Blake Nelson and David E. Tolchinsky and directed by Jonathan Kahn. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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