God Help the Girl

While in the hospital dealing with some emotional problems, a young woman starts writing songs as a way of getting better. These lead her out of the hospital and to Glasgow, Scotland where she meets two musicians at a crossroads of their own. What follows is a story of renaissance over the course of a long, dream-like summer.

112 minutes.
Parental Guidance 10-12 (Language).
Drama, Musical, Romance, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Emily Browning, Olly Alexander, Hannah Murray, Pierre Boulanger, Cora Bisset
Director	Stuart Murdoch
Screenplay	Stuart Murdoch
Music	Various artists
Cinematography	Giles Nuttgens
Editing	David Arthur
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2014
Produced by	Barry Mendel Productions, British Film Company, HanWay Films, Zephyr Films

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Infrequent with mild to moderate impact
Nudity	None
Sex	Infrequent with low impact.
Violence	Infrequent with low impact.
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested
Runtime	111
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 14 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Die Burger Laetitia Pople So rou en eerlik, dit maak seer.	15
Cape Times David Rooney No encore for this tiresome musical tale.	5
Metacritic.com 25 critics	12
Rottentomatoes critics 62 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer While it may strike harder-hearted viewers as excessively twee, God Help the Girl floats by on its sweet charm and talented cast.	14
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	13
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Twee indie musical about art's healing power has charm.	10
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 26 users	13
Rottentomatoes users 2331 users	13
Internet 1978 Netizens	13
Average .. 60%	12