How to Build a Girl (2019)

Directed by

Coky Giedroyc

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

R

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 67 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1990s Wolverhampton, a teenage girl reinvents herself as a music journalist. She navigates family, relationships, and her own identity along the way.

upbeatquirkycoming-of-ageenergeticwittynostalgicwhimsicalself-discovering

What happens

How to Build a Girl is a 2019 coming-of-age comedy film directed by Coky Giedroyc, from a screenplay by Caitlin Moran, based on her 2014 novel. The film tells the story of Johanna Morrigan, an aspiring music journalist in 1990s Wolverhampton. It stars Beanie Feldstein, Paddy Considine, Sarah Solemani, Alfie Allen, Frank Dillane, Laurie Kynaston, Arinzé Kene, Tadhg Murphy, Ziggy Heath, Bobby Schofield, Chris O'Dowd, Joanna Scanlan and Emma Thompson. How to Build a Girl had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2019 and won the FIPRESCI Special Presentations award. The film was released in the United States on 8 May 2020 by IFC Films and in the United Kingdom on 24 July 2020 by Lionsgate. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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