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The Starling Girl is a 2023 American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Laurel Parmet in her feature directorial debut. Starring Eliza Scanlen, Lewis Pullman, Jimmi Simpson, Wrenn Schmidt, and Austin Abrams, the film follows Jemima "Jem" Starling (Scanlen), a 17-year-old girl struggling to find her place within her Christian fundamentalist community in Kentucky.
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Jul 11, 2023 · The Starling Girl: Directed by Laurel Parmet. With Eliza Scanlen, Lewis Pullman, Jimmi Simpson, Wrenn Schmidt. 17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community.
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- Laurel Parmet
- 2023-07-11
Jenny Nulf Austin Chronicle The Starling Girl’s thoughtfulness and lingering optimism toward a story that is predictably sorrowful is a necessary balance. Rated: 3.5/5 Nov 17, 2023 Full Review ...
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- Eliza Scanlen
May 12, 2023 · The Starling Girl. It starts with a well-meaning smile from another parent or church member. Heaven forbid, it’s a pastor who’s pulling you aside to tell you that you’ve strayed from God’s light. The infraction feels small in your mind, something unimportant like wearing an outfit that’s deemed not modest enough or a liturgical dance ...
May 12, 2023 · In writer/director Laurel Parmet’s impressively nervy feature debut “The Starling Girl,” a devout 17-year-old in a fundamentalist Christian community begins to notice the divide between her ...
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ABOUT THE FILM. Seventeen-year-old Jem Starling struggles to define her place within her fundamentalist Christian community in rural Kentucky. Even her greatest joy of dancing with the church group is tempered by worry that her actions are sinful and she is caught between a burgeoning awareness of her own sexuality and her religious devotion ...
May 12, 2023 · The film does lope along at a rather languid pace because of that fragility, but while pieces drag here and there, it’s impossible to take your eyes off Scanlen whenever she’s on-screen. Her ...