Girl Asleep

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Girl Asleep

2016

1h 17m

Comedy

Drama

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A teenager can't bear to leave her childhood behind.

Critics Consensus

Girl Asleep takes a singularly quirky look at adolescence with a distinctive visual style and a refreshing perspective that belies the story's period setting.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

The Blue Lenses

08/25/2018

Joyful, fun and alive with warmth and sincerity, Girl Asleep is a treasure.

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Cary Darling

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

10/13/2016

4/5

At once a throwback to so many of the off-kilter Australian films of the '70s and '80s and a declaration of a promising new voice, Girl Asleep doesn't always hold together...But that's all part of the film's adventurous appeal.

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Stephanie Merry

Washington Post

10/06/2016

3/4

"Girl Asleep" isn't easy to categorize. It's a wild curiosity that shifts on a whim. In that sense, there couldn't be a better metaphor for the inner workings of a teenage girl's mind.

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

02/12/2024

Visually inventive and economically paced.

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Molly Templeton

Eugene Weekly (OR)

08/27/2018

Girl Asleep, a whimsical, beautiful Australian film, manages to fit all those concerns - social hierarchy, vicious teasing, the landscape of a creative young mind - into just 77 minutes.

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Janire Zurbano

Cinemanía (Spain)

12/07/2017

3.5/5

... the film stands out thanks to an aggressive visual language, with a marked seventies aesthetic that refers to the films of Wes Anderson... [Full review in Spanish]

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03/31/2021

Teens would understand this, as a teen I was able to completely understand the main characters and what they were going through.

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08/27/2020

I rly like it as a teen girl I can relate to Greta so much

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02/17/2018

it was absolutely beautiful

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11/20/2017

it was really beautiful movie. i love it

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11/04/2017

The charming characters make this film a delight.

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10/21/2017

Strange little movie I stumbled upon on Blu Ray but had never heard of, despite it being a fairly recent Australian film. Glad I took a chance on it. I didn't love the fantasy part at the end, but the rest was great. Really got the 70's era captured perfectly and I liked the strangeness of the characters.

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Synopsis

A teenager can't bear to leave her childhood behind.

Director: Rosemary Myers
Producer: Jo Dyer
Screenwriter: Matthew Whittet
Distributor: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Production Co: Windmill Theatre, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Australian Council for the Arts, The Ian Potter Foundation, Screen Australia, The Hive, Adelaide Film Festival, The South Australian Film Corporation, Kojo, Soft Tread Enterprises
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Australian English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 23, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 6, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $45.6K
Runtime: 1h 17m