- 2012
- First Run Features
- 1 h 18 m
SummaryDespite a lack of obvious similarities between Siberia and Tokyo, a thriving model industry connects these distant regions. Girl Model follows two protagonists involved in this industry: Ashley, a deeply ambivalent model scout who scours the Siberian countryside looking for fresh faces to send to the Japanese market, and one of her discoveries, N...
Directed By:David Redmon, Ashley Sabin
Girl Model
Metascore
Generally Favorable
68
User score
Generally Favorable
6.6
My Score
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
68
64% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
36% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Sep 5, 2012
91
It deserves to be shown to teenagers, not necessarily as a warning, but at least as an eye-opener: This is how it works, kids. And it ain't pretty.
By Christopher Schobert
FULL REVIEW Sep 5, 2012
83
Girl Model shows that even though some models make big bucks, the global economy remains the same as it ever was: Those with nothing are seduced by the prospect of something, such that they hesitate to complain, lest they end up with less than nothing.
Sep 4, 2012
80
The filmmakers stay back, observing, for a restrained, intimate and poignant result.
Sep 4, 2012
70
The radiant sadness of its two subjects - one a soulfully impassive stripling, one a symmetrical husk - forms the center of Girl Model, and that is enough.
By Michelle Orange
FULL REVIEW Sep 6, 2012
60
There are no supermodels or Cinderellas in this sadly compelling story, just predators and the impoverished dreamers who want to trust them.
Sep 4, 2012
60
While Girl Model falls a bit short in the delivery of hard facts and incriminating evidence, it more than makes up for that with its knotty psychological profile of Arbaugh.
By John Anderson
FULL REVIEW Sep 4, 2012
50
It is hard to know whether to applaud directors David Redmon and Ashley Sabin for exposing the underside of the fashion business – or demand they abandon their documentarian stance and rescue young Nadya on the spot.
By Kate Taylor
FULL REVIEW User score
Generally Favorable
6.6
56% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
33% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
11% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
Apr 19, 2013
9
The beauty of this documentary is that it exposes, in a very minimalist fashion, the seedy underbelly of the fashion industry. The most interesting person is the former model cum fashion scout Ashley Arbaugh, who simultaneously derides the fashion industry for the manner in which it uses up young talent, while she scouts and profits off of this same dynamic. This documentary should be required viewing to show the deleterious effects of the modern obsession with appearance.
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Release Date:Sep 7, 2012
Duration:1 h 18 m
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Awards
Rome Film Fest
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
