The Dead Girl

this was excellent! the story is all tied together, though not so obviously. i'm definitely not a huge fan of brittany murphy but for the 15 minutes that she was in this movie she was AMAZING!... Full review

I'm pretty sure that without a doubt, The Dead Girl is by far one of the best movies of 2006. Following the different lives structure of Crash, Magnolia, and 21 Grams; this movie brilliantly brings all of these elements together, and... Full review

The story brought memories of an old television cult series called Twin Peaks. A dead, blonde girl's body is being discovered in the grasslands of an idyllic village, and this provides the catalyst for the movie as the plot unravels... Full review

I found this to be very slow and making me wonder how this movie all ties together...The suspense of waiting to see how it ties to gether is normally OK of the pace of the movie moves but I found this... Full review

the cast was great i loved the cast, as well as the trailer for this movie. but right there is where it ends. you see bits of pieces of the story, like bable, and very well explained i just hated the... Full review

This movie had me riveted to my seat. It surprised me every step of the way. Just when you thought one thing meant something, it did a 180. Totally worth seeing more than once.... Full review

This movie was a bit disappointing, because when I saw the trailer, I thouht it was going to be a really dramatic ovie, and that's what I was waiting for, but I did not get it, I wanted to cry, feel... Full review

Karen Moncrief has written and directed this terrifying, searching, agonizing, and exceptionally fine story of the responses of five different people to the discovery of a dead girl. By dividing her story into chapters named after The Stranger, The Daughter,... Full review

An atmospheric sextuplet of stories revolving around The Dead Girl makes for an intriguing, if unnecessary diversion from your standard murder mystery. Starting with this basic concept, Karen Moncrieff, the writer and director, will show how those associated with this... Full review

Greetings again from the darkness. Who is Karen Moncrief and where did she come from? The writer/director of this very interesting, complex "little" depressing film really took me by surprise with a tremendous script and creatively photographed look at how... Full review

The outstanding performances and writing would make The Dead Girl a great film even if all Moncrieff did was turn on her camera and aim it at the actors, but she adds yet another layer of meaning to the piece via her thoughtfully considered visual style. ... Full Review

They don't make all make choices that create typical movie endings wrapped up with a neat bow, but they are all too real. Each story could be its own full-length movie, and each is shot with a different style and feel bleak and yellow for Arden, clausterphobic in Ruth's doublewide. ... Full Review

As a result of the unwanted media attention, she is wooed by a stock boy (the always-excellent Giovanni Ribisi), and takes the opportunity to finally escape from the emotional shackles of her bedridden harpy of a mother (Piper Laurie). It is a small film, in the best sense, but a deeply felt one, with a stunning level of artistry. ... Full Review

While I liked The Dead Girl and thought on the whole it was well done, there just seemed to be something missing for me. Its like each character represents a different face of misery, which is an interesting concept. ... Full Review

ADVERTISEMENT "The Sister," the film's second (and weakest) segment, casts Rose Byrne as Leah, a forensics student who is convinced that the body is that of her missing sister. Her 15 minutes of fame lead her to an awkward relationship with a creepy grocery clerk (a buffed-out, tattooed Giovanni Ribisi) who displays an almost scholarly knowledge of the tendencies of serial killers. ... Full Review

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'The Dead Girl' Drama. Starring Marcia Gay Harden, Brittany Murphy, Kerry Washington and Toni Collette. Directed by Karen Moncrieff. (R. 87 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Toni Collette looks sullen. It's Toni Collette in her can't-make-eye-contact mode. Nothing good can ... Full Article

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"The Dead Girl," the new film from acclaimed writer/director Karen Moncrieff ("Blue Car"), is a quintet of stories about seemingly unrelated people whose lives converge around the murder of a young woman. ... Full Article

Krista's body is found by Arden (Toni Collette), a lonesome caretaker living with her irascible mother (Piper Laurie). This leads to Leah (Rose Byrne), a forensics graduate student whose sister went missing as a child, stumbling upon possible closure when ... Full Article