
On a summer break from college, a young epileptic woman struggles to balance her feelings for her fledgling boyfriend while her friend Al crashes with her for the season.... (Full plot summary below)
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On a summer break from college, a young epileptic woman struggles to balance her feelings for her fledgling boyfriend while her friend Al crashes with her for the season.
Leave your thoughts about The Exploding Girl.
| New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThis quietly poetic little gem contains many beautiful things, not least of which is leading lady Zoe Kazan, who lets every scene billow and swirl around her effortlessly. |
| Entertainment InsidersJanos GerebenThe Exploding Girl isn't a particularly plot driven film, but it has momentum, an undercurrent that tugs you along. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyThe camera loves Zoe Kazan in newcomer Bradley Rust Gray's mumblecore snooze fest. |
| AV ClubNoel MurrayThere isn’t much to The Exploding Girl, but it’s blessedly compact, and owns its no-big-deal-ness. |
| Film School RejectsRobert LevinIt's a rare and wonderful thing to see a movie so attuned to the rhythms of daily life, to the ways a trauma builds and expands over time. |
| Time OutJoshua RothkopfWhen you have an actor as suggestive as Kazan, swallowing up the lens with allure and complexity, your writer-director becomes superfluous. |
| Portland OregonianM. E. RussellKazan has a gift for letting you see her think, even when she's perfectly still; the film's title refers to the ferocious trauma happening between Ivy's ears and her silent struggle to keep it in check. |
| Washington PostDan KoisViewers willing to slow down their cinematic metabolism enough to watch The Exploding Girl at its own pace will find their patience rewarded by moments of great beauty... |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranSmall scale though it is, this is a film that knows what it wants to do and has thought out exactly how to go about doing it. The same must be said about the luminous nature of Kazan's performance, which won best actress last year at the Tribeca Film Festival. |
| Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyDespite its title, The Exploding Girl is an oddly tranquil experience. |