Reviews
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Directed by Marielle Heller · starring Bel Powley, Kristen Wiig and Alexander Skarsgård
- 6 from the press
- 7.0 · 4 votes
The Diary of a Teenage Girl: reviews
Reviews
7.0 4 votes
What the critics say average 8.1 from 6
- 9.0 Rolling StonePeter Travers
"A fascinating and relevant Marielle Heller first feature with a great stellar performance of British actress Bel Powley."
Read - 8.0 The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy
"In this brave, intimate and quiet debut, Marielle Heller achieved almost everything that young independent filmmakers say they want to do when they start: create a cool job, personal and distinctive with its own 'voice'."
Read - 8.0 IndiewireRodrigo Perez
"[A] debut vividly sketched (...) that certainly shows a rich, expressive and vibrant history on the passage to adulthood."
Read - 8.0 El PaísJordi Costa
"Brave, rich and overflowing movie (...) its frank, direct and free representation of all moral corset adolescent sexuality is tremendously refreshing (...) Bel Powley is offered as a revelation."
Read - 8.0 CinemaníaEdu Galán
"Deep film about how to be a teenage girl in 1976's San Francisco."
Read - 7.5 VarietyDennis Harvey
"Marielle Heller's film debut (...) she manages to dive in too early sexual life of a girl of 15 years old, without being forced or distasteful (...) [has] an ideal cast that is well directed."
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Questions about the reviews of The Diary of a Teenage Girl
- What score does The Diary of a Teenage Girl have?
- Readers give it 7.0 (4 votes). The critics, 8.1 on average from 6 reviews.
- What do the critics say about The Diary of a Teenage Girl?
- The highest score is Rolling Stone’s (9.0) and the lowest Variety’s (7.5).