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How to Build a Girl

2020 · 102 min

A warm, funny, and messy coming-of-age romp with a big-hearted heroine finding her voice.

Overview: The journey of Midlands teenager Johanna Morrigan, who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde: fast-talking, lady sex-adventurer, moves to London, and gets a job as music critic in the hope of saving her poverty stricken family in Wolverhampton. Based on Caitlin Moran's bestselling semi-autobiographical novel.
How it feels: Warm, light, earnest and satirical. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Coming-of-age, identity, family, ambition
Content: Strong sexual content and language. Mild violence and gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
family
ambition
redemption
Places: small town
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong