American Girl (film)
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| American Girl | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jordan Brady |
| Produced by | Jena Malone, Stavros Merjos, Yoram Pelman, Adam Rosenfelt, Rick Salomon, Marc Schaberg, Chad Snopek, Nicholas Stamos, Sheila Wurmser |
| Written by | Scott Sandoe |
| Starring | Jena Malone Erik von Detten Brad Renfro Alicia Witt |
| Music by | Amotz Plessner |
| Cinematography | David Hennings |
| Editing by | Shawna Callahan |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) |  October 16, 2002 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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American Girl is a 2002 American movie about a teenage girl, Rena living with her mother, half sister Barbie, and her (secretly gay?) brother, Jay in a trailer park while their father serves time in prison. Rena decides it is time to meet her father after years of estrangement upon discovering she is pregnant. Her family decides to go to an inmate picnic to see him where his true nature along with some other secrets surface over the day long trip. It was released on video under the title Confessions of an American Girl.
Tagline: Family is the ultimate life sentence.
Rena and her family travel to her father's prison for the annual family picnic. Things seem to be going just fine, until he gets drunk. Jay wanders off to hang with another inmate and Barbie has sex with her stepfather, unbeknownst to the family. The inmates make her squeal like a pig to keep that fact a secret. Rena tells her dad that she's pregnant. When Rena's mother discovers that her husband is having an affair, they get into a physical fight. When the guards see this they attack him and he stumbles backwards and falls on Rena. Rena rushes to the bathroom, finding that she's bled, and lost the baby. She breaks a picture frame and uses the glass shards to slit her wrists, but Jay saves her just in time.
[edit] Cast
| Role | Actor |
|---|---|
| Rena Grubb | Jena Malone |
| Kenton | Erik von Detten |
| Jay Grubb | Brad Renfro |
| Barbie | Alicia Witt |
| Madge Grubb | Michelle Forbes |
| Faye | Micole Mercurio |
| John Grubb | Chris Mulkey |
| Buddy | Clifton Collins Jr. |
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