Girl You Know It's True

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Girl You Know It's True

Released Aug 9, 2024

2h 4m

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Hit producer Frank Farian (Matthias Schweighöfer) takes on unknown dancers Rob Pilatus (Tijan Njie) and Fab Morvan (Elan Ben Ali) for his next music project. A meteoric rise ensues that exceeds all bounds. The two friends Rob and Fab conquer the international charts under the name of Milli Vanilli, have three Number One hits in the US and enjoy a life of excess in Hollywood. There is only a small circle of insiders who know their secret: the duo don't sing themselves at all -- they merely move their lips to the voices of the real singers. At the height of their fame, when Milli Vanilli win a Grammy and tour America, the truth finally comes to light. While the mighty apparatus that has been pulling the duo's strings quickly washes its hands of the affair, Rob and Fab find themselves in the middle of the biggest scandal in music history....

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Glenn Kenny

New York Times

Viewers who press play with intent to scoff may be surprised with how genuinely caught up they become.

Aug 12, 2024

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Girl You Know It's True doesn't always work, but even at 2 hours, this one is as catchy as, well, a Milli Vanilli song.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 7, 2024

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

The new movie splits the difference between the horrible and the hilarious, with predictably lukewarm results. Still, the story is delicious enough to survive an earnest treatment.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 7, 2024

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Calum Baker

Radio Times

A competent and watchable two hours, but the ground it covers has been better trod elsewhere.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 19, 2024

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Erik Childress

Movie Madness Podcast

There have been some embarrassing biopics over time but this, a feature length version of Behind the Music recreations, is hackneyed in at best, laughable at times and shockingly shallow in engaging with the most basic sins of the entire deception.

Rated: 0.5/4

Oct 22, 2024

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Linda Cook

OurQuadCities / WHBF-TV (Illinois)

It's the best movie you never heard of, and one of the best of 2024.

Rated: 4 STARS

Sep 15, 2024

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Meredith W

“Girl You Know It’s True” enact the story of Milli Vanilli (i.e. the biggest scandal in music history). While it does not provide a lot of insight, it does an excellent job in recreating the associated iconography of the duos looks, costumes, dance routines and music videos, making it a wonderful, nostalgic revisit of a unique time within a distinctive musical era.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/14/25

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Oaklee D

A big budget run of the mill Hollywood biopic.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/11/25

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Gary Y

Heartbreaking story of how fame can destroy a life as easily it can elevate a life, and the destruction comes much, much quicker. Rest in peace Rob Pilatus.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/06/25

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Todd B

Milli Vannilli look like they have been cloned. Good pick. Good movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/17/25

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Squid L

I loved Milli Vanilli when I was younger and never really understood what happened to them apart from my uncle taking the Mickey out of me. When I saw this film come up on Sky I thought oh I’ll have a look I’m glad I did it was better than I thought it was going to be. I did wonder how it could be 2 hours but that didn’t stop me watching it. It’s a very insightful film in to what actually happened to these 2 weather you think that they are to blame or the music industry. At the heart of it all there are people with feelings and families and one person lost their life for this so called fame business. The struggles from everyone involved was shown in this film. I have watched documentary’s about it but it’s not the same really as seeing it played out in a film. A very good film and glad I watched it

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/17/24

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Rory O

The performances are outstanding. The two leads literally embody their roles and provide a glimpse into the turmoil behind the rags to riches to rags story. Far from the derisory tale I was expecting this movie packs considerable emotional heft. Top class

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/11/24

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Hit producer Frank Farian (Matthias Schweighöfer) takes on unknown dancers Rob Pilatus (Tijan Njie) and Fab Morvan (Elan Ben Ali) for his next music project. A meteoric rise ensues that exceeds all bounds. The two friends Rob and Fab conquer the international charts under the name of Milli Vanilli, have three Number One hits in the US and enjoy a life of excess in Hollywood. There is only a small circle of insiders who know their secret: the duo don't sing themselves at all -- they merely move their lips to the voices of the real singers. At the height of their fame, when Milli Vanilli win a Grammy and tour America, the truth finally comes to light. While the mighty apparatus that has been pulling the duo's strings quickly washes its hands of the affair, Rob and Fab find themselves in the middle of the biggest scandal in music history....

Director: Simon Verhoeven
Producer: Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann, Kirstin Winkler
Screenwriter: Simon Verhoeven
Distributor: Vertical
Production Co: Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion, Leonine Studios
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 9, 2024, Limited
Runtime: 2h 4m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos

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