The Starling Girl (2023)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 117 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Laurel Parmet
Stars: Eliza Scanlen, Lewis Pullman and Wrenn Schmidt
IMDb score:
6,7 (3.967)
Releasedate: 12 May 2023
The Starling Girl plot
Seventeen-year-old Jem Starling grows up in a strictly Christian community in Kentucky. She asks herself if she is not committing a sin through her passion and involvement in the church dance group. As she becomes more and more aware of her sexuality, her mother thinks it is time she found love. Confused by her feelings, Jem finds support in young pastor Owen.
Actors and actresses
Jem Starling
Owen Taylor
Heidi Starling
Paul Starling
Rebecca Starling
Ben Taylor
Noah Starling
Kelsey
Jeremy Starling
Misty Taylor
Reviews & comments
BBarbie
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- 12893 messages
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Psychological drama about a teenager who – on her way to adulthood – discovers her sexuality and looks for things that give her life more meaning and joy. This clashes with the values of the ultra-conservative Christian community where she grows up. Possibly because of my annoyance at the ridiculous behavior of the adults, the film did not quite live up to my (perhaps too high) expectations. That does not alter the fact that Eliza Scanlen plays an excellent title role.
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mrklm
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- 11683 messages
- 10071 votes
According to her parents, it's time for 17-year-old Jem Starling [Eliza Scanlen] to start thinking about her future. In the strict religious community she is part of, this means finding a suitable marriage partner to start a family with. Her parents try to set her up with Ben Taylor [Austin Abrams], the pastor's timid son, but Jem is more attracted to his parents' brother Owen [Lewis Pullman], the 28-year-old church activities leader who is stuck in a unhappy marriage to Misty [Jessamine Burgum]. Parmet's screenplay is too predictable to make a deep impression, but Scanlen is extraordinary as the teenager struggling with her burgeoning sexuality, an inner drive for self-determination and the fear of reprisals from her religious community.
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