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Dirty Girl

  • 2010
  • R
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
12K
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Juno Temple in Dirty Girl (2010)
Danielle is the dirty girl of Norman High School. When Danielle's misbehavior gets her banished to special ed, she teams up with an innocent closet-case and together they head out on a road trip to discover each other and themselves through a comic and serendipitous friendship.
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It's 1987 and Danielle, the high-school 'Dirty Girl', is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called Joa and a Walkman full of glorious '80s tunes.It's 1987 and Danielle, the high-school 'Dirty Girl', is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called Joa and a Walkman full of glorious '80s tunes.It's 1987 and Danielle, the high-school 'Dirty Girl', is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called Joa and a Walkman full of glorious '80s tunes.

  • Director
    • Abe Sylvia
  • Writer
    • Abe Sylvia
  • Stars
    • Juno Temple
    • Jeremy Dozier
    • Milla Jovovich
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    12K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Abe Sylvia
    • Writer
      • Abe Sylvia
    • Stars
      • Juno Temple
      • Jeremy Dozier
      • Milla Jovovich
    • 51User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
    • 37Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Dirty Girl
    Trailer 2:30
    Dirty Girl
    "Principal Talk"
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    "Jail"
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    "Flour Child"
    Clip 0:51
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    "Car Wash"
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    Juno Temple
    Juno Temple
    • Danielle
    Jeremy Dozier
    Jeremy Dozier
    • Clarke
    Milla Jovovich
    Milla Jovovich
    • Sue-Ann
    Zach Lasry
    Zach Lasry
    • Brad
    Jonathan Slavin
    Jonathan Slavin
    • Mr. Potter
    Marcella Lentz-Pope
    Marcella Lentz-Pope
    • Tonya
    William Horwich
    William Horwich
    • Tim
    Gary Grubbs
    Gary Grubbs
    • Principal Mulray
    Deborah Theaker
    Deborah Theaker
    • Mrs. Hatcher
    Natalie Amenula
    Natalie Amenula
    • Benita
    David Petruzzi
    David Petruzzi
    • Bobby
    Vivian Smallwood
    • Shellie the Neighbor
    Jack Kehler
    Jack Kehler
    • Dr. Shelby
    Mary Steenburgen
    Mary Steenburgen
    • Peggy
    Dwight Yoakam
    Dwight Yoakam
    • Joseph
    Reiley McClendon
    Reiley McClendon
    • Mike
    William H. Macy
    William H. Macy
    • Ray
    Nate Hartley
    • Charlie
    • Director
      • Abe Sylvia
    • Writer
      • Abe Sylvia
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews51

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    6SnoopyStyle

    not funny enough

    It's 1987 Oklahoma. Danielle Edmondston (Juno Temple) is a dirty girl. She has sex with the boys. She gets dropped into the special class filled with misfits. She befriends outcast Clarke Walters (Jeremy Dozier) who is coming to terms with his homosexuality. Her home life with her mother Sue-Ann (Milla Jovovich) is chaotic as she is about to marry Ray (William H. Macy). Danielle and Clarke go on a road trip to search for her birth father as Clarke's parents (Dwight Yoakam, Mary Steenburgen) chase after him.

    I want to root for Danielle and Clarke. The movie needs more comedy. It's not that funny. With better comedy, the buddy chemistry would take care of itself. The movie would be much improved. It also relies too much on musical interludes. The story is a bit too messy. I wish the movie and the dialog is better written.
    8cosmo_tiger

    A very surprising and good movie that deals with some heavy subjects. A movie that deserves to be watched I say A-

    "If it's a man's world God wouldn't have made me." Danielle (Temple) lives life on her own terms. When her mouth gets her in trouble at school she is sent to the "special" classroom. After an assignment pairs her up with a school loser her life is forever changed. The saying goes don't judge a book by it's cover, that could not be more true for this movie. The first ten minutes is what you would expect but from then on it becomes an emotional movie that deals with some pretty heavy subjects. The acting is great in this and there is an all-star cast along with some surprising cameos. If I keep talking I am afraid I will give something away and that would do the movie an injustice. Much like the movie "Good Old Fashioned Orgy" I think that the movie would get a better audience if the title was different. Do yourself a favor and watch this movie. Overall, a very surprising movie that was much much better then I expected. I give it an A-.
    7daryl-sarbaugh-918-898174

    "Dirty Girl" hurt this film.

    The title hurt the acceptance of this film. It earned $143k world wide. Juno has done 12 nude scenes in movie and TV in the past decade, that being said, nudity would detract from this movie. Itis really a pretty emotional ending.
    8valinvancouver

    Deserves better from the critics

    This movie was rated 37% on Metacritic and 27% on Rotten tomatoes and honestly I think this is wrong, wrong, wrong. I expect this is because the title is misleading...the movie is not about a "dirty girl" at all, it's about a journey of discovery and maturation and the transformative power of friendship. The writing is not particularly sophisticated so in lesser hands the movie could easily have sucked. However the two lead actors were so engaging (and the supporting cast were also excellent) that what could have felt like a flat, unconvincing story was, in my opinion, extremely touching. I confess toward the end I was crying in sympathy for the loss experienced by the main characters. Thankfully, the final scenes in the movie turned this into a positive (and even mildly cathartic) experience. I had become invested in the characters (so you see, I cannot possibly trash this movie the way so many others have).
    7napierslogs

    Embracing the dirty girl attitude

    I liked "Dirty Girl" because it was unabashedly fun. It was pro-gay rights, pro-female independence, and anti-religious persecution without it being about any of that. On the surface it was an '80s throwback with the teen kids embracing the "anything goes" attitude while their parents clung to their conservative values. Pack a suitcase, pop in a mixed tape and run away.

    Juno Temple stars as the titular dirty girl, Danielle. She assumed the role of the rebellious daughter and the inappropriate student who relished any opportunity to be the sex symbol. The whole-heartedness with which Temple became Danielle not only made this type of person acceptable but empathetic too.

    This isn't to say that the film was perfect. One of the big drawbacks was that although the lead character did evolve, she did so with incongruent leaps. My other issue was that whenever Danielle and her companion Clarke had to stop and sing, the film stopped too. That could be on purpose though since they do seem to be trying to sell the soundtrack just as much as the movie itself.

    It's the movie itself, though, that I liked. It was the passion that all of the characters had for life that just danced off the screen. The societal lessons that important movies try to teach and which we all probably already know, are just silly, feel-good bonuses here since they came up with new, more realistic, and more relatable endings. Wait for Clarke's reaction to his final circumstances if at any point you fear the monotonous drone of melodrama.

    "Dirty Girl" does bring to mind similar better movies which walked parallel paths, most notably "Jolene". And although after watching this, I immediately came home and bought the latter, it should still be able to find its place among accepting fans. It moves along at a quick pace, keeping the lead characters delightful even when they're depressed, and keeping the tone light even when the supporting characters commit some pretty heinous acts. I've never had a problem enjoying those types of conflicting scenes, but it does account for the movie's poor reception.

    Keep in mind that this is writer and director Abe Sylvia's first film and that the archetypal characters can actually belong to any decade then you should have no problem enjoying, and secretly wanting to be, the dirty girl.

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    • Trivia
      The film heavily features the music of Melissa Manchester, as Clarke (Jeremy Dozier) is a big fan. The song "Rainbird" was actually co-written by Manchester and Mary Steenburgen, who plays Clarke's mother.
    • Goofs
      The movie is supposedly set in 1987, but the cash the lead character is shown stealing in the trailer ($10 and $5 bills) is clearly modern U.S. currency featuring enhanced security features like large numbers and different colored inks - not bills from the 1980s.
    • Quotes

      Danielle: I'm glad you're back.

      Clarke: I don't know, I kind of miss that place

      Danielle: Shut up!

      Clarke: A school with no girls, I was *very* popular.

      Danielle: [Smiling] You fucking whore! Remember, "nobody likes a dirty girl"!

    • Soundtracks
      Shadows Of The Night
      Written by D.L. Byron

      Performed by Pat Benatar

      Courtesy of Capitol Records

      Under license from EMI Film and Television Music

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    • Release date
      • July 7, 2011 (Thailand)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • South Korea
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Погане дівчисько
    • Filming locations
      • California, USA
    • Production companies
      • The Weinstein Company
      • iDeal Partners Film Fund
      • Hart-Lunsford Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $55,125
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $17,859
      • Oct 9, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $143,485
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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