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The Girls (1960) poster

1960 · new wave · drama · women

The Girls

Directed by Alfred Travers1h 9m1960

A young man inherits a fortune, but with a number of conditions attached.

Our read: The Girls (1960) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded new wave · drama · women entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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Sombre, steady, measured new wave / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.

ElsewhereTMDB10.01
  • sombre
  • intense
  • bleak
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DNA · twelve axes

How The Girls feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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What watching it is actually like.

“You enjoy breezy 1960s British B-movie musical comedies with light plots.”

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 3attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonight — You expect high production values or substantial story depth.

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