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2016 · drama · spy

White Girl

Directed by Elizabeth Wood1h 28m2016

Summer, New York City. A college girl falls hard for a guy she just met. After a night of partying goes wrong, she goes to wild extremes to get him back.

Our read: White Girl (2016) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · spy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

Movie DNA

Heavy, kinetic, measured drama / spy, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb5.712kRT70%Metacritic65
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • intense
  • bleak
  • cold
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DNA · twelve axes

How White Girl 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 want a raw NYC privilege parable that punishes hedonism without flinching.”

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Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upexplicit sexnuditydrug usesexual violencegraphic violence

Skip it tonight — You need sympathetic leads or cannot handle rape, drugs, and ugly violence.

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