Miller's Girl

"Write what you want."

2024 1h 33m EN

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5.2

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★6.3TMDB · 983●41Metacritic★5.2IMDB · 27,015

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Synopsis

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A talented young writer embarks on a creative odyssey when her teacher assigns a project that entangles them both.

“Write what you want.”

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Cast

Jenna Ortega
Cairo Sweet
Martin Freeman
Jonathan Miller
Bashir Salahuddin
Boris Fillmore
Gideon Adlon
Winnie Black
Dagmara Dominczyk
Beatrice June Harker
Christine Adams
Joyce Manner
Augustine Hargrave
Elliot
Elyssa Samsel
Suzette

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jade Halley Bartlett
Writers: Jade Halley Bartlett
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 36% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jade Halley Bartlett, shot by Daniel Brothers. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Elyssa Samsel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Vanara Taing shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman and Bashir Salahuddin carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Write what you want.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jade Halley Bartlett directs. Daniel Brothers behind the camera. Elyssa Samsel scores. Vanara Taing cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Earned back only 36% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 2 years ago.
4Directed by Jade Halley Bartlett, shot by Daniel Brothers. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Elyssa Samsel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Vanara Taing shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman and Bashir Salahuddin carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Write what you want.".
9IMDB entry: tt8310486 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "husband wife relationship", "school", "writer", "teacher student relationship".

The technical file

Cinematography: Daniel Brothers
Original score: Elyssa Samsel
Editing: Vanara Taing
Production design: Cheyenne Ford
Costume design: Lauren Bott
Makeup / hair: Sandy Jo Johnston
Sound: David Barber
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $4,000,000
Box office: $1,430,985
Return: 36% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Miller's Girl (2024)
Metacritic: 41/100
IMDB rating: 5.2/10 · 27,015 votes
MPAA: R

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bonniemoseley@me.com2024-02-01
★ 10/10
Miller’s Girl is an exceptional movie that shows two people crossing a line that leads to inappropriate behavior and devastating consequences. The movie has extremely complex characters, a wonderfully written plot, beautiful cinematography, great music, and keeps you trying to figure out whether these characters are good or bad. I love the dialogue between the characters. The writer/director lets the audience decide how they feel about the characters and their behavior. Many of the scenes are left unanswered. The audience has to decide what they think happens, and the meaning behind the final scene. I highly recommend this movie.
r96sk2024-09-12
★ 7/10
Rather odd, yet just narrowly works... I think. The performances of Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman are two that I found entertaining. I'm usually nonplussed by the latter actor, I tend to find him quite mid in terms of acting but this is probably the most I've enjoyed him throughout the entire run time of a movie; he has better roles, sure, but purely on his delivery etc. this is a good showing of his. <em>'Miller’s Girl'</em> does deliver a strange story, one that does feel quite amateurly written and one that's deseprate to be salacious. For an "erotic thriller", it doesn't really show all that much - if, admittedly, that's for the best in this regard. I will say, though, that Ortega and Freeman play it all off well enough though, which is probably why I didn't hate it. I'm not surprised to see it tank on Letterboxd, even if I'm evidently not someone who feels as negatively as a load of others do about this 2024 flick. I do tend to give movies with good performances a pass as they can mask any other misgivings, so that ought to explain it.