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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88PremierePremiereDark little indie thriller.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttBy the movie's end, writer-director Karen Moncrieff's The Dead Girl delivers considerable emotional impact. But that doesn't mean you've enjoyed the journey.
- 70VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerMore ambitious than her 2002 debut, "Blue Car," Moncrieff's new film maintains her focus on women, expanding to include a range of ages, circumstances and psychologies. Picture's drama, however, is deliberately fractured into a quintet of stories that vary considerably in their overall impact.
- 70SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirThe universe of The Dead Girl is an almost uniformly dreary one, whose women are all either dowdy or whorish.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceMoncrieff's glum, somber film is something of a needed corrective at the moment, when horror movies are turning into weightless exercises in morally sanctioned sadism.
- 63New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsDarker than the shadow of death.
- 60Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustLos Angeles TimesKevin CrustIf the segments are uneven, Moncrieff -- with the help of her excellent cast -- nevertheless crafts a gripping overall narrative that exposes a shared dissonance among the protagonists.
- 38New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithWhat happens when several characters' lives intertwine with the maggot-infested corpse of a prostitute in The Dead Girl? A whole lot of crying.
- 30The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenJust when it seems as though the language of insult and humiliation couldn’t get any nastier, the movie escalates the barrage.