otacon-3 only after having read the book. The other commenter on here stating that these two would never be into each other is just absurd. It doesn't matter what clique you are associated with if two people like each other, and we all know opposites attract. Tara Reid actually is the best part of this film, as oddly as that sounds. If you watch this film you'll appreciate Tara Reid as a real actress, it seems she chooses to not show her skills very often in other films. The book is great, and it is more of a dark book. I think Dominique Swain is just a bit goofier and peppier than the book intends. If you've seen this film and not read the book you should really read it.

kaichita I thought Girl was a funny film adaptation of the book. The book, to me, was better because while reading it, I wasn't subjected to the horrible music in the movie. I like the storyline and the concept and the characters, but the songs that were performed in the film are AWFUL, making this a very bad film in general. If you can fast forward thru all the cheesy music, you'll enjoy this film a lot more. I liked the Portland-area setting but the movie was filmed in Los Angeles. I've seen this movie several times at around 4 in the morning on obscure movie channels. Dominique Swain is truly the star of this film and her parents are also incredibly funny. Tara Reid does a good acting job also, but Selma Blair just can't act. Period.

radicalcowboy I thought the story line of the movie was OK. I agree the storyline was a bit trite; The way Andrea appears to "outgrow" TOdd at the end and just leaves him I thought was a bit overdone. It makes Andrea a pretty shallow character. I thought the best character was the Tara Reid character. I saw how she could stretch herself a little her when comparing the character she played in American Pie. The underlying theme that each of the characters lived such vastly different lives and yet orbited each other as friends in the same universe was the best part of the film....however I thought the soundtrack was excellent, excellent. I think that is what saved the movie. ANybody know if there is a soundtrack available for this?

Dale S. Biggs While this is far from brilliant film-making, it's a decent enough coming-of-age film which compares favorably to such entertainments as "Dazed and Confused" and "Heathers". The narration is sufficiently witty to be worth paying attention to, and the characters and situations are all plausible enough, given that we're dealing with fictitious characters and situations! As Andrea Marr, Dominique Swain explores the world of teenage angst brought on by peer pressure, parental anxiety, socio-economic forces, and other equally distressing aspects of life as we think we know it. With its postmodern approach to what it seems to take to feel good about oneself these days, the film should strike a chord with everyone who's ever wondered why ANYONE ever bothers to get out of bed, particularly a high-school senior with no clue who she wants to be when she grows up. What she learns about herself by the end of the film, while hardly profound, is nevertheless a lesson that all too many people fail to comprehend--we all want to feel special and we all want to have fun without having to take responsibility for the consequences of our actions. Sure, it's been filmed a whole lot better a number of times, but it's a cut above "Porky's", "Revenge of the Nerds", and other movies of that ilk! Follow your yellow brick road.