Landmark Sunshine
143 E Houston St
212.330.8182
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The Exploding Girl
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Mar 12, 2010 – Apr 30, 2010
Daily
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$12.50
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“ The pains of being pure at heart are many in Bradley Rust Gray's The Exploding Girl, a moody, osmotic character study that thoroughly stresses the awk in youthful awkwardness. The American accompaniment to wife and co-director So Yong Kim's In Between Days (both winking allusions to the same Cure single), Girl mirrors the former in its observational focus on best friends whose relationship lies between platonic and romantic. With her perfectly expressive, cherubic features, a winsome Zoe Kazan stars as Ivy, a collegiate gal who returns to Prospect Heights for a between-semester spell and ends up spending much of it with old kindred spirit Al (Mark Rendall).”
Jason Jude Chan, Flavorpill
In her first leading role, Zoe Kazan (Revolutionary Road) plays Ivy, a twenty-year-old college student home for Spring Break. She’s excited about a developing romance back at school and life is seemingly perfect. When her longtime friend Al (Mark Rendall) finds himself without a place to stay during the break, Ivy and her mother (Maryann Urbano) take him in. Over time Al and Ivy’s friendship strengthens while her college boyfriend grows more and more distant. Increasingly distressed about her conflicting feelings, Ivy struggles to keep control, not wanting to overwhelm her emotions and trigger her epilepsy. Restrained and meditative,The Exploding Girl is the exquisite portrait of a young girl coming of age and finding a deeper kind of love in New York City. Winner of the Best Actress Award (Zoe Kazan) at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. Written and directed by Bradley Rust Gray
