{"id":86402,"date":"2022-08-20T16:32:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T23:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86402"},"modified":"2022-08-20T16:49:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T23:49:11","slug":"gregorys-girl-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86402","title":{"rendered":"Gregory&#8217;s Girl (1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;She&#8217;s got teeth &#8212; lovely white teeth. White, white teeth.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-86403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Poster.png 407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a gangly Scottish adolescent (John Gordon Sinclair) falls instantly in love with a new female soccer player (Dee Hepburn) at his school, he seeks advice from his equally clueless friends and his wise younger sister (Allison Forster).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coming of Age<\/li>\n<li>First Love<\/li>\n<li>Scottish Films<\/li>\n<li>Teenagers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary begins his review of this &#8220;offbeat comedy about teenage puppy love&#8221; &#8212; a &#8220;sweet, extremely amusing film&#8221; that &#8220;is like nothing made in the U.S.&#8221; &#8212; by noting that it was made &#8220;by Scotland&#8217;s inimitable Bill Forsyth&#8221; while &#8220;American directors were churning out vile sex comedies about teenagers.&#8221; He notes that &#8220;in some truly marvelous scenes,&#8221; Sinclair&#8217;s &#8220;shy boy gets advice about girls from his younger sister so he can plan how to win Hepburn.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Sister3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Sister3-1024x549.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"343\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Sister3-1024x549.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Sister3-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Sister3-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Sister3-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Sister3-504x270.png 504w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Sister3.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, he points out that Forsyth &#8220;uses Hepburn not so much as a real girl as a kind of angel, who appears out of nowhere&#8221; and &#8220;orchestrates matters so that Sinclair ends up&#8221; in an unexpectedly happy space. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Hepburn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Hepburn-1024x539.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Hepburn-1024x539.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Hepburn-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Hepburn-128x67.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Hepburn-768x404.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Hepburn-513x270.png 513w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Hepburn.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To say much more about the plotline would spoil this whimsical flick, which wanders about while painting a gentle picture of a specific time and place in which quirky people help each other out and (mostly) do the right thing. Frankly, it comes across as far too perfect to ring true &#8212; however, as a nostalgic remembrance of the way we <em>wish<\/em> things were, this one hits it right on the mark.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Strong performances by the amateur cast<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Trio2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Trio2-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Trio2-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Trio2-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Trio2-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Trio2-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Trio2-502x270.png 502w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Trio2.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Michael Coulter&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Drumming2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Drumming2-1024x549.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"343\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Drumming2-1024x549.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Drumming2-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Drumming2-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Drumming2-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Drumming2-504x270.png 504w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Drumming2.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine location shooting<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Sister2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Sister2-1024x547.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"342\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Sister2-1024x547.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Sister2-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Sister2-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Sister2-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Sister2-506x270.png 506w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gregorys-Girl-Sister2.png 1291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a charming Scottish flick. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0082477\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trailersfromhell.com\/gregorys-girl\/\">CineSavant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1982\/05\/26\/movies\/gregory-s-girl-comedy-of-teen-agers.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s got teeth &#8212; lovely white teeth. White, white teeth.&#8221; Synopsis: When a gangly Scottish adolescent (John Gordon Sinclair) falls instantly in love with a new female soccer player (Dee Hepburn) at his school, he seeks advice from his equally clueless friends and his wise younger sister (Allison Forster). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Coming of Age First Love Scottish Films Teenagers Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary begins his review of this &#8220;offbeat comedy about teenage puppy love&#8221; &#8212; a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86402\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86402"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86421,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86402\/revisions\/86421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}