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Beautiful Girl

2014 · 90 min

A grimy, sad-eyed character study that lingers on loneliness and self-destruction, offering little comfort but a raw, human ache.

Directed by
Stevie Long
Genres
Drama
Starring
Brendan Sexton III, Diora Baird, Matthew Gray Gubler
Tagline
When you look down on a pornstar, you're still looking...
Overview
Odessa is a beautiful girl addicted to the attention and money that being an adult film star brings. William, a lonely mechanic, has a crush on her, and she indulges his fantasy and leads him on. Thinking he can save her and help her find a normal life, he befriends her drug-fueled bodyguard, Angry Jack, to get close to her.

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Directed by
Stevie Long
Genres
Drama
Starring
Brendan Sexton III, Diora Baird, Matthew Gray Gubler
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • obsession
  • loneliness
  • isolation
  • identity
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Stevie Long
Written by
Stevie Long
Starring
Brendan Sexton III, Diora Baird, Matthew Gray Gubler, Stevie Long, Will Sasso, Johann Urb, Jeannetta Arnette, Lauren Graczyk
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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