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You'd think moviemakers would have run out of new ways of capturing the trials and joys of young love--but director David Gordon Green finds a fresh take in All the Real Girls, a bittersweet small-town romance. By leaving out the usual humdrum exposition of a courtship story, Green cuts right to the little moments that form the high and low points of a budding relationship. It's an impressionistic style aided by the wonderfully spontaneous and unpredictable acting of Paul Schneider (who also co-scripted) and Zooey Deschanel--who look like they're improvising, even though they're not. As in Green's excellent debut feature George Washington, a small town serves as an atmospheric backdrop--this place looks a couple of decades shy of the 21st century. The mosaic approach makes the film play like a collection of memories, someone's first love recalled with fondness and just a bit of regret. --Robert Horton

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great acting + Great directing = Great movie, Jun 24 2004

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sharrese (waimanalo) - See all my reviews

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This is a romance movie, to beat all romance movies. THe thing i love about this movie is the storyline of it, not that i would give the movie away by telling it but to just say that its modern and none of those cheesy mediocre played out storyline that has a lot of star named actors with no talent, no this movie does not have any of that rather it has talent and a lot of it. The main character of the movie is a surprisingly good actor although i have not seen him in any other movie, he is also the co-writer of the movie, he is also very hot. I think that this is Zooey Deshchenel's greatest film ever she is so sweet and inocent in it that you just fall in love in her too. So All the real girls is about this girl (zooey) who comes back to her small hometown after many years at an all girls bording school, she falls in love with her very protective older brother's best friend. Their love for each other is so perfect and innocent that it just makes you oozze for love and makes you think that there might be love in this world after all. i'm not one for romantic lovey dovey movies but i this isn't one of those just a really good movie, go and see it with a loved one.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not Tender or Haunting Really but Semi-Accurate, Jun 22 2004

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SandmanVI (Glen Allen, VA United States) - See all my reviews

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Funny thing about filmmaking. Hollywood generally reduces small town folk to incestuous cannibals who want to capture us city folk then kill us, rape us and cook us up in a large vat. Then Indie films come along, take those same small town people and glorify their lives. I guess indie directors want to be outsiders... or at least pretend to be. The odd thing is that the type of people in the film would never actually watch this movie.

Anyway "All the Real Girls" is a decent movie I guess in that it portrays the charcters and relationships in a fairly real manner which is something rarely done well in films these days. Think about it... a smalltown Romeo swimming in his little pond is going to have a vicious rep and that's going to cause some issues. Furthermore, the college drop-out come home is likely to fall into the same charms that many of those other women did. The question then is can he change and commit when he thinks he's falling in love? And if so, will anyone ever believe him? Both great questions.

The problem though is that this movie is at times painfully slow. While it may be a bit necessary for the full development of the characters it is a bit tedious. I had great trouble over the course of many weeks actually piecing the entire thing together... no chance a human can watch this in 1 sitting. Good movie, just a question of whether you'll think the payoff was worth the pain.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Proper Niceness, Mar 4 2004

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VanGo "This place is dead anyway" (London, UK) - See all my reviews

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I had been meaning to see this movie in London because of the praiseworthy and intriguingly personal reviews I had read in the paper press. I missed it of course, seeing as it was ever only playing at 1PM showings at one or zero inordinately expensive Central London cinemas.

This is a shame because it is one of the most effecting movies I have seen in roughly a week (Lost in Translation and Girl With A pearl Earring are both excellent also) and more people deserve to see it.

A beautiful story of a boy and a girl in love. That's it. It's amazingly rare to find special relationships such as love when young as accurately portrayed in modern cinema as this film achieves.

The female role played by Zooey Deschanel is tender and subtle while the male role played by Paul Schraider is strong yet emotional. You couldn't ask for a better on screen chemistry between, all about looks, what is not said, the silences.

The heartache and longing is all there also, as well as the comic relief (it ain't all weepy and heavy sighs).

Go buy this film, it is well worth it, you'll be talking about it with friends afterwards.

The extras are good also, the writer and director David Gordon Green is a revelation, full of insight and intellectual depth about what he wanted to achieve, it makes you feel contented that there is a guy out there who is prepared to challenge film-making assumptions. Watch this guy for the future.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Proceed with my warning
I usually only review movies/DVDs I enjoyed, hence HEATHERS, LUCAS, and other 80s gems. Same goes with in-theatre releases. ALL THE REAL GIRLS is an exception. Why? Read more

Published on Jun 28 2004 by QUEEN_OF_EVERYTHING

5.0 out of 5 stars Tender and haunting.
ALL THE REAL GIRLS, the new romantic drama by David Gordon Green, is one of those rare films that gets love right. Read more

Published on Feb 18 2004 by Eve