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Girlfriends

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A New York City photographer feels an overwhelming sense of loneliness when her roommate moves out.
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Intelligently written and beautifully acted, Girlfriends captures the rhythms of female friendship -- and late '70s New York -- with a deftly assured hand.

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Susan Stark Detroit Free Press 05/18/2023
Calling Girlfriends a promising directorial debut only seems to damn it and its maker with faint praise. It is promising in the same sense that Francis Coppola's 1968 The Rain People and Steven Spielberg's 1974 Sugarland Express were promising. Go to Full Review
Eleanor Ringel Cater Atlanta Journal-Constitution 05/18/2023
Girlfriends is a film whose parts are bigger than its whole, an imperfect film that succeeds almost in spite of itself. Go to Full Review
Martha DuBose Sydney Morning Herald 05/18/2023
Girlfriends is a unique experience: a wry and unflinching presentation of contemporary women facing up to universal conflicts and, for better or worse, making their own decisions. Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) 01/18/2024
This is a heroic film, realized with much devotion and little presumptions. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Dustin Chang Floating World 01/09/2024
There is no wrong or right choice. There is only her choice. Independence is the key word in Girlfriends. Then there is sisterhood. Go to Full Review
Catherine Chapin Charlotte Observer 05/18/2023
The story is an old one... But the theme underlying Girlfriends is much more absorbing: the quality and the element of luck in friendship. Go to Full Review
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Alec B 01/10/2024 Hugely influential both in how it utilizes a low budget and the narrative. Outside of that it remains a universally appealing and relevant story about the subtle and major shifts of life in your 20s. See more 05/05/2021 Hugely influential both in how it utilizes a low budget and the narrative. Outside of that it remains a universally appealing and relevant story about the subtle and major shifts of life in your 20s. See more 02/28/2017 I love the depth and diversity of moments in this film. Nothing is clean cut or black and white, nothing is really resolved. See more 12/31/2015 Even at 86 min. it feels too long, but a good movie definitely worth seeing. Great time capsule-y portrayal of NYC as a twenty-something in the late 70's. Very blatantly an influence on Lena Dunham's stuff, but lightyears more palatable. And awesome to see Christopher Guest and Bob Balaban so young! See more 11/13/2015 The pretty much perfect film is a minor-classic that deserves more recognition. I've read where Stanley Kubrick called it something like the best American made film he had ever seen. Pretty high praise and ever bit of worthy. See this film and spread the word. See more s r @ScottR 10/09/2015 Realistic and believable showing the insecurity of a young photographer in nyc. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A New York City photographer feels an overwhelming sense of loneliness when her roommate moves out.
Director
Claudia Weill
Producer
Claudia Weill
Screenwriter
Vicki Polon
Production Co
Cyclops
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 28m
Sound Mix
Surround
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