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Cast
- Blanca EngströmThe Girl
- Shanti RoneyThe Father
- Annika HallinThe Mother
- Leif AndréeGunnar
- Calle LindqvistPetter
- Tova MagnussonAnna
- Ia LanghammerElisabeth
Recommendations
- 80
Time Out
Movies about children fending for themselves are predicated on pushing prepubescent despair into viewers' faces, which only makes this Swedish film's graceful mixture of terror and transcendental girl power that much more impressive. - 75
New York Post
One of the most beautiful per formances I've seen this year is given by Blanca Engstrom in the Swedish coming-of-age charmer The Girl. - 70
Village Voice
Gorgeously framed by cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, the Turner-esque beauty of the landscape at harvest time only adds to the creepiness as the Girl makes do, makes friends, and then unravels in the most creative ways. - 70
The New York Times
As tadpoles morph into frogs, and fears are conquered, The Girl delivers a satisfying, sun-dappled fable about the kindness of strangers and the cruelty of peers. - 60
Los Angeles Times
The result is a kind of quiet Scandinavian cousin (OK, twice removed) to "Home Alone," in which patient viewers will find sporadic rewards.
