In this vibrant portrayal of Australian adolescence, Greta Driscoll's bubble of obscure loserdom is burst when her parents throw her a surprise 15th birthday party and invite the whole school! Perfectly content being a wallflower, suddenly Greta's flung far from her comfort zone into a distant, parallel place -- a strange world that's a little frightening and a lot weird, but only there can she find herself. Equal measures Wes Anderson and Lewis Carroll, "Girl Asleep" is an enchanting journey into the absurd -- and sometimes scary -- depths of the teenage mind.

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Based on 8 Girl Asleep Cinema reviews, Girl Asleep gets an average Cinema review score of 72. The score for all versions is 72 based on a total of 8 reviews.

100/100

variety.comCinema

A 14-year-old girl navigates her lurid 1970s surroundings as well as her inner turmoil in a weird and wonderful look into the mind of a teenager.

2748d ago

4/5

www.theguardian.comCinema

Rosemary Myers’s feature debut, based on the stage play of the same name, morphs from 70s pop nostalgia into a fantastical fable of growing up.

2748d ago

75/100

www.washingtonpost.comCinema

Girl Asleep isn’t easy to categorize. It’s a wild curiosity that shifts on a whim. In that sense, there couldn’t be a better metaphor for the inner workings of a teenage girl’s ...

2748d ago