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Quick Info

Rating

5.7/10

Release2020

Runtime1h 42m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Film4 Productions

Tango Entertainment

Lionsgate UK

Monumental Pictures

Movie

How to Build a Girl

2020

1h 42m

5.7

Comedy

Synopsis

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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