The Exploding Girl

The Exploding Girl
Film poster
Directed byBradley Rust Gray
Written byBradley Rust Gray
Produced byKarin Chien
Ben Howe
So Yong Kim
Jay Van Hoy
StarringZoe Kazan
Mark Rendall
CinematographyEric Lin
Edited byBradley Rust Gray
Distributed byOscilloscope Pictures
Release dates
  • February 6, 2009 (2009-02-06) (Berlin Film Festival)
  • March 12, 2010 (2010-03-12) (United States)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Exploding Girl is a 2009 American independent film written and directed by Bradley Rust Gray, starring Zoe Kazan and Mark Rendall. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival[1] in 2009 and was released theatrically in the United States on March 12, 2010.

Plot

Ivy is a college student suffering from juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, who has returned home to Brooklyn for spring break. While she stays at her mother's house, her childhood friend Al, also home from college, asks to crash on their couch as his parents have rented out his room. Over the course of the break, Ivy and Al spend most of their time together, strengthening their already deep bond, especially after Ivy's distant college boyfriend breaks up with her via telephone.

Cast

Production

The Exploding Girl was shot in the guerrilla filmmaking tradition on-location in New York City.[2]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 76% of 38 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.0/10.[3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 69 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[4]

Accolades

Zoe Kazan won Best Actress at the Tribeca Film Festival.[5]

References

  1. ^ Lim, Dennis (April 15, 2009). "Independently Intimate Directors". The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
  2. ^ Gilbert, Ammon (September 7, 2010). "DVD Review: The Exploding Girl". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  3. ^ "The Exploding Girl". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ^ "The Exploding Girl". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  5. ^ Weitzman, Elizabeth (April 24, 2009). "The Big Picture: Tribeca Film Festival heats up". New York Daily News. Retrieved May 10, 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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