Joan of Arcadia (2003)

Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama 45m

72^%

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7.1/10

Overview

Joan Girardi has begun acting a little strange since her family moved to the city of Arcadia. No one knows that various people keep introducing themselves as God, and then giving the teenager specific directions to do things. Unsure of what God wants, and if she's even sane, Joan tentatively begins to follow God's cryptic directives, all the while trying to retain a "normal" teen-aged existence.

Barbara Hall

Creator

Top Billed Cast

Amber Tamblyn

Joan Girardi

Joe Mantegna

Will Girardi

Mary Steenburgen

Helen Girardi

Jason Ritter

Kevin Girardi

Michael Welch

Luke Girardi

Christopher Rodriguez Marquette

Adam Rove,

Becky Wahlstrom

Grace Polk,

Aaron Himelstein

Mageina Tovah

Mark Totty

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Reviews

A review by CharlesTheBold

Written on February 18, 2017

Gawky teenager Joan Girardi (Amber Tamblyn), who has recently moved to Arcadia, Maryland with her family, suddenly starts meeting with strangers who claim to be God in human form, and who give her incomprehensible tasks. Each task seems to have "good ripples" (as Joan puts it) and she is willing to undertake more of them, but mysteries remain. Is Joan delusional? Or the victim of a huge pract...

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