Girl (2020) Movie Review

Girl – ABC Film Challenge – Mystery – G – Girl – Movie Review

Director: Chad Faust

Writer: Chad Faust (Screenplay)

Cast

Bella Thorne (The Babysitter)
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Chad Faust (Saved)
Elizabeth Saunders (It)
Lanette Ware (Bad Company)

Plot: A young woman returns to her small hometown intent on killing her abusive father only to discover someone murdered him the day before. As the girl searches for answers, she uncovers a family legacy more dangerous than she’d imagined.

Runtime: 1 Hour 32 Minutes

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: Girl starts when a young woman (Thorne) returns to her home town to killer her abusive father. Once she arrives in town, she finds herself dealing with the strange locals. She finds that her father has been killed already and now wants to know who killed him, because she wanted that pleasure.

The longer she stays in town, the more she learns about the locals and what they wanted from her. This becomes a battle to survive for the woman who finds herself in a world she wasn’t prepared for.

Verdict on Girl

Girl is a mystery thriller that wants to capture a dark twisted world, where an adult child wants to get revenge on their father. Only to find themselves caught up in the middle of something much more dangerous.

This is a movie that wants to be edgy, touching on a couple of serious abuse incidents. Only it turns into a flat thriller about someone who would never stand a chance at knowing something fighting back against criminals. There are some twists and turns along the way, which lead to some surprises in the story.

Final Thoughts –Girl is a thriller that starts slow before the twists make it more interesting.