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Gregory's Girl (1980)

Rate: 4
Viewed: 6/14

6/14: The fancy-sounding title Gregory's Girl seems to indicate quality.

Unfortunately, it's anything but. In fact, the movie is boring to sit through. I eye-rolled a lot throughout. At the beginning, I noticed how quirky the characters were. After a while of figuring out the hook, I began to realize that's all the film had going for it: quirks. Instead of substantive scenes, it's been one quirk to next to move things along.

The characters are not interesting. Oddly, one of them, especially when he opens his mouth, shows an uncanny resemblance to Kevin Bacon. The girl isn't much of a looker; in fact, everybody is ugly.

All in all, the moral of Gregory's Girl is: quirks alone aren't enough.

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