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How to Build a Girl

How to Build a Girl

Sep 24, 2020
102 min
Comedy
5.7/ 10
63 votes

Overview

The journey of Midlands teenager Johanna Morrigan, who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde: fast-talking, lady sex-adventurer, moves to London, and gets a job as music critic in the hope of saving her poverty stricken family in Wolverhampton. Based on Caitlin Moran's bestselling semi-autobiographical novel.

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TMDB
5.7/10
63 votes
IMDB
6.0/10
5,247 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
69/100
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US Box Office$70,632Domestic earnings

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2 wins total

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Released

Original Language

en

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Film4 ProductionsTango EntertainmentLionsgate UKMonumental Pictures

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