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Girl Model

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Filmmakers chronicle a 13-year-old Russian girl's experiences as she tries to fulfill her dream of becoming a model in Japan.

Critics Reviews

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Violet Lucca Film Comment Magazine 06/28/2013
Despite its poor technical quality, Girl Model is a much-needed counterpoint to the irresponsible camp mentality of Toddlers & Tiaras. Go to Full Review
Ty Burr Boston Globe 10/11/2012
2.5/4
A powerful documentary that, with a wider scope and a bit more shaping, could have been even more powerful, perhaps unbearably so. What's there is strong enough. Go to Full Review
Sheri Linden Los Angeles Times 09/13/2012
3/5
The nonaggressive approach can be frustrating, but it nonetheless gets under the skin-deep promises of glamour and wealth that lure a seemingly endless stream of very young hopefuls. Go to Full Review
Allen Almachar The MacGuffin 08/03/2020
B+
Redmon and Sabin have created an unflinching film, with their cameras deeply fixed on the subject matter and refusing to turn away. Go to Full Review
Jordan M. Smith IONCINEMA.com 02/09/2020
Despite some very shoddy camera work, Girl Model manages to engrossingly expose some disgusting truths about the youth modeling industry. Go to Full Review
Stephen Saito Moveable Fest 12/17/2018
Intended or not, it felt like an incredible metaphor for a world built on images that don't represent the reality behind them. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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01/20/2016 absolutely disturbing, the woman scout quite clearly has some deep underlying psychological issues, I wasn't sure whether I watching a modelling documentary or a child sex trafficking documentry, absolutely disgusting and extremely creepy See more 11/01/2015 Although the film may offer elements of reality in the modeling world, no one dares speak up about how evil it is for young girls. Being sought out as prepubescent youth, offered a future of judgement, starvation, discrimination and pressures that no teen (boy or girl) needs. Why not recruit young women for educational opportunities, to provide a real future that won't leave them with eating disorders, depression and no opportunity. That's the reality. The filmmakers were too chicken shit to find someone who would actually admit, "this is b.s. what we do to these girls." and the main female narrator was a disgusting, evil woman seeking money. How about a film that shows the realities, including the devastation and misservice these agencies provide in the long run. THUMBS WAY WAY DOWN. The narrator lady even admits she doesn't care about the girls. She just wants the money. See more 12/02/2014 A candid, pensive look into a disturbing industry told through the eyes of the models themselves. See more 10/08/2014 Incredibly sad documentary on the exploitation of Ukranian teenage girls in modeling abroad. Everyone seems to be making money except the girls themselves, and what makes the film even more sad is that the American scout who helps to identify and send these girls abroad was herself a young model who was taken advantage of as well. See more 05/26/2014 Rather dull. I think we all realize this industry is horrible and takes advantage of young girls, and I was hoping for more from this doc. I think with docs, sometimes you get a good person to follow and other times they just don't turn out to be be that interesting. See more 05/26/2014 The modeling industry disgusts me, and this documentary is a good illustration of why. Having said that, this is actually pretty interesting, albeit not easy to watch. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmakers chronicle a 13-year-old Russian girl's experiences as she tries to fulfill her dream of becoming a model in Japan.
Director
David Redmon, Ashley Sabin
Producer
David Redmon, Ashley Sabin
Genre
Documentary, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 5, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 8, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$21.2K
Runtime
1h 17m