
Set in Glasgow, Scotland, the film is about a girl called Eve who is in the hospital dealing with some emotional problems and starts writing songs as a way of getting better. Songwriting becomes her way forward, leading her to the City where she meets James and Cassie, two musicians each at crossroads of their own. What follows is a story of renaissance over the course of a long, dream-like Summer.... (Full plot summary below)
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Set in Glasgow, Scotland, the film is about a girl called Eve who is in the hospital dealing with some emotional problems and starts writing songs as a way of getting better. Songwriting becomes her way forward, leading her to the City where she meets James and Cassie, two musicians each at crossroads of their own. What follows is a story of renaissance over the course of a long, dream-like Summer.
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| Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesGod Help the Girl is not so perfectly crafted, but the promise – oh, the promise is irresistible. |
| The Film StageRaffi AsdourianGod Save The Girl is an overly sentimental and drawn out experience whose stylistic pastiche of musicals is less clever than it thinks it is. |
| Consequence of SoundJustin GerberCome for the movie, struggle through the story, and embrace the tunes. |
| AV ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyGod Help The Girl is, in other words, a spotty movie — sometimes silly, sometimes dead serious. It is, however, nobly spotty — inconsistent in a way contemporary productions rarely are, its shortcomings the result of an excess of creative energy, rather than a lack thereof. |
| Paste MagazineJeremy MathewsGod Help the Girl is like a pop song that is a bit unshapely and a little silly, but you can't get it out of your head. |
| Eugene Weekly (OR)Molly TempletonIt's also a much-needed story about a young woman taking her own messy life into her own imperfect hands and making art out of it, warts and all. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaThe film's conceit - mopey strangers meet, form a band, and take to the dance halls - has a Judy Garland/Mickey Rooney let's-put-on-a-show innocence, and exuberance. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranNo one comes out and says that music is the language of the soul, but no one has to. We see it happening right before our eyes. |
| Little White LiesSophie Monks KaufmanLike an artisan breadcrumb trail, God Helpthe Girl is made of disconnected parts yetones so tangythat it is easy to be tickled right until the end. |
| Contactmusic.comRich ClineWith bouncy pop tunes and a breezy tone, this Scottish musical sometimes feels so weightless that it seems to float right out of existence. At other times it's startlingly dark and moving, touching on earthy emotions and important themes. |