How to Build a Girl(2020)

Name: How to Build a Girl
Director: Coky Giedroyc
Genre: Comedy
Released: May 8, 2020
Cast: Beanie Feldstein, Cleo, Dónal Finn

IFC Films

R
Rated R for sexual content, language throughout and some teen drinking
1h 42m
- Comedy

Release Date: May 8, 2020

A teenager living with her working-class family on a council estate in Wolverhampton, England, grows up to become a popular but conflicted music journalist.

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Release Details

Original Release | May 8, 2020 | Limited

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Box Office Results

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Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$13,201
Total US & Canada:
$70,632
Total Worldwide:
$70,632

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Director & Top Cast

Coky Giedroyc
Director

Beanie Feldstein
Johanna Morrigan

Cleo
Bianca Morrigan

Dónal Finn
Karl Boden

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

The novel charts the journey of teenager Johanna Morrigan (Beanie Feldstein), who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde: fast-talking, lady sex-adventurer, moves to London, and gets a job as music critic in the hope of saving her poverty stricken family in Wolverhampton. — variety Johana Morrigan (Beanie Feldstein) is a bright, quirky, 16-year-old who uses her colorful imagination to regularly escape her humdrum life in Wolverhampton and live out her creative fantasies. Desperate to break free from the overcrowded flat she shares with her four brothers and eccentric parents, she submits an earnestly penned and off-beat music review to a group of self-important indie rock critics at a weekly magazine. Despite being brushed off initially, Johana clamors to the top of the 90s rock music scene by reinventing herself as Dolly Wilde - a venerable, impossible-to-please music critic with an insatiable lust for fame, fortune, and men. It isn't long before the rapid pace at which Johana's life is changing becomes overwhelming and she runs face-first into a devastatingly real, existential crisis: Is this the type of girl she wants to become? Or does she need to start over and build again from the ground up? Based on the best-selling novel by Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl is a sassy, sexy, and a profoundly touching coming-of-age comedy that traces the rocky road to womanhood through the lens of a unique and wildly hilarious protagonist. Co-starring Alfie Allen, Paddy Consindine, Chris O'Dowd, and Emma Thompson.