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WeakGoodWatch scoreSummary
College student Ella is completely focused on her ambiguously romantic relationship with her dorm-mate, Chris. She is so consumed by trying to understand his behavior that she's neglecting the screenplay she is supposed to write in order to graduate.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Background watch
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 50GoodWatch 42
IMDb5.0
Running time
58 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −42 min on the typical 100
typical 10058Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
2009
February 18, 2009
17 years ago
Genres
ComedyRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Directing · 1
- Lena Dunham Director, Writer
Production · 1
- Laurie Simmons Producer
Camera · 3
- Brett Jutkiewicz Director of Photography
- Hannah Lesser Director of Photography
- Chris Messina Assistant Camera, Electrician
Sound · 2
- Teddy Blanks Music, Title Designer
- Graham Reznick Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 1
- Sam Lisenco Art Direction
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