| Dirty Girl | |
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| Directed by | Abe Sylvia |
| Produced by | Rachel Cohen Rob Paris Charles Pugliese Jana Edelbaum |
| Written by | Abe Sylvia |
| Starring | Juno Temple Milla Jovovich William H. Macy Mary Steenburgen Dwight Yoakam Jeremy Dozier Maeve Quinlan |
| Music by | Jeff Toyne |
| Cinematography | Steve Gainer |
| Editing by | Jonathan Lucas |
| Distributed by | The Weinstein Company |
| Release date(s) | September 12, 2010 (TIFF) October 7, 2011 |
| Running time | 131 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4 million[1] |
| Box office | $17,500[2][3] |
Dirty Girl is a 2010 coming of age comedy, written and directed by Abe Sylvia. It stars Juno Temple, Milla Jovovich and William H. Macy. It premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on 12 September 2010.[4] It was distributed theatrically by The Weinstein Company[5] on October 7, 2011.[6]
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Danielle (Juno Temple) is a troubled and promiscuous Oklahoma high school student in the 1980s. She argues with her mother (Milla Jovovich) who is about to marry a Mormon, and amidst the chaos she befriends Clarke (Jeremy Dozier), a shy, gay classmate. Together they flee in Clarke's homophobic father's car and embark on a road trip to Fresno, where Danielle expects to find her birth father.[7][8]
Abe Sylvia developed the story in 2004 while attending UCLA. Sylvia describes it as a fictional account of “growing up in the 1980s” that draws upon some of his adolescent experiences in Oklahoma.[7][9]
Sally Hawkins and Lisa Kudrow were originally cast in late 2009.[8] Jovovich subsequently replaced Hawkins in the role of Sue-Ann, and Mary Steenburgen replaced Kudrow in the role of Peggy.
Filming began in Southern California in 2010 and was completed in Los Angeles in May 2010.[7]
The film holds a 29% "Rotten" rating at the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 28 reviews.[10]