
After spending the night with a mysterious woman, a down on his luck DJ discovers evidence of a murder involving a dangerous drug dealer and a billionaire's son. Desperate for money, he must decide whether to blackmail the killer or help the girl out of escalating troubles.... (Full plot summary below)
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After spending the night with a mysterious woman, a down on his luck DJ discovers evidence of a murder involving a dangerous drug dealer and a billionaire's son. Desperate for money, he must decide whether to blackmail the killer or help the girl out of escalating troubles.
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| New York PostSara StewartThough Valderrama gives a standout performance as the avenging Angel, brother of the late Jesus (Kareem Savion), two smaller roles are also worthy of note: Paz de la Huerta as a spacy bartender at Pianos, and J. Bernard Calloway as Dre, a bouncer who’s seen it all, and who can be reliably found eating a healthy salad as he sits outside his nightspot. |
| RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoIt’s tightly directed and well-performed, particularly by Columbus Short and a career-redefining turn from Wilmer Valderrama. If anything — and trust me when I tell you this is the opposite of most independently produced noirs from debut directors — there’s an overabundance of ideas in The Girl is in Trouble, sometimes to a distracting degree. |
| Village VoiceErnest HardySampled old newsreel and security-camera footage flesh out the narrative, and the film's visually arresting, but it's the performances that hold it all together. |
| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeIt's a familiar plot, here played out on the streets of New York by a cast of rising stars with some impressive work already behind them. The Girl Is In Trouble may not have many new things to say, but it says them well. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohYou've seen it all before, way better done. |
| Paste MagazineBrent SimonA well-executed crime drama that, on a narrative level, finds itself too bogged down in the familiar to achieve genuine lift-off -- let alone anything memorable. |
| The DissolveSheila O’MalleyThough the film gets more banal as it reaches its climax—most viewers will have seen it all before—Onah creates refreshing space around these familiar stories and themes. He has a wonderful sense of style and movement, and he isn’t afraid of a story’s personal elements. He goes after them. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreWilmer Valderrama utterly reinvents himself here as Angel. |
| The A.V. ClubKeith UhlichThe story has plenty of possibilities, though Onah rarely manages to put his own stamp on things. |
| VarietyBen KenigsbergA textbook noir premise gets an overamped and undercompelling treatment in The Girl Is in Trouble. |