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245 of 263 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
"Disgust makes me lucid.", September 3, 2005
Entertaining (in an artsy, boring, French kind of way), but ultimately forgettable story of a sexually curious 14 year-old girl who is home from school for a month. Her parents live way back in the country side. So bored with nothing to do she lays around half-naked and fantasizes about sex.
Wait!!! Don't get too excited just yet. Yea, that might sound like a set up for the hottest movie ever made, but unfortunately this girl's fantasies suck and not in a good way but in a mid-70's, unshaved, artistic kind of way. Tied up spread eagle on the beach some sickly chain smoking dude rubs earthworms on her private parts (yuck), her overweight father watches television with his wang hanging out (barf), the girl rams bird feathers up her bum and crawls around on all fours (huh?), hey, I feel like cramming a spoon in my [...] (what?). I don't get it. I just don't understand the meaning/symbolism of somebody puking all over herself then not even cleaning it up, but writing in her diary instead.
If you're looking for something artistic and hot then skip this dog and check out BELLE DE JOUR or maybe some Radley Metzger flicks.
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144 of 172 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A transition into sexuality, March 30, 2002
All of us have gone though this phase on our journey from childhood to adulthood and few will forget it. It is mysterious, puzzling, dazzling, intimidating, wondrous, discomforting, frightening, joyous, rebellious, moody and frustrating. Its feelings -- often denied -- devolve deeply on the sensual awakening of our intimate body parts, but most film producer's skirt this issue; they don't want to show it. Instead, they depict a series of mindless scenes that merely imply a connection between the emotional and physical being.
What's refreshing in this film, is that the director, Catherine Breillat, had the courage to show the anatomical elements involved in this living paradigm. The story jumps around a bit with a few inane scenes such as the details of slaughtering a chicken for dinner (a common occurrence on farms). However, the main character, Alice (played by Charlotte Alexandra) hues to the story line and is ultimately relieved to find that she too has made the awesome leap into an attractive adult, one who is capable of bringing about a successful sexual experience.
My only criticism of the film is the very poor quality of the DVD imaging.
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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
I didn't enjoy this movie., January 31, 2006
I bought this movie because of Charlotte Alexandra. I had seen her in a really good movie with Charlotte Rampling called "The Pool." She was beautiful to watch and played well against one of my favorite actresses, Charlotte Rampling.
"A Real Young Girl" on DVD was of low quality and didn't make sense to me. I can not recommend it. Some scenes were just gross. It was not even a little sexy. It was sophomoric.
I did follow Amazon's suggestion and also bought two other movies; "Romance" & "Frivolous Lola." "Romance" was good but a little dis-jointed and needlessly explicit in some parts and not explicit enough in other parts. The other characters were flat and empty.
"Frivolous Lola" was hilarious, explicit, sexy, and fun even if it was a little dated. I will see this movie again with friends just to laugh.
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