Name: The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Released: 2015-08-07
Duration: 1 h 42 min
Cast: Bel Powley, Kristen Wiig, Alexander Skarsgård, Christopher Meloni, Austin Lyon

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Sex, drugs, and recordings of it all.

Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she’s sleeping with her mother’s boyfriend.

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Directed by: Marielle Heller
Written by: Marielle Heller, Phoebe Gloeckner
Produced by: Bert Hamelinck, Madeline Samit, Miranda Bailey
Music by: Nate Heller

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August 7, 2015 · 1 h 42 min · R

Released: August 7, 2015
Runtime: 1 h 42 min
Age rating: R
Content: Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Drug Use
Genres: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Original language: English
Also spoken: Turkish
Made in: United States
Budget: $2 million
Box office: $1 million
Available in: 80 countries
Keywords: based on comic

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Period Piece, Deliberate Values Dissonance, Refuge in Audacity +7

Period Piece
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Refuge in Audacity
Higher Understanding Through Drugs
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Ambiguously Bi
Age-Gap Romance
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Where can I stream The Diary of a Teenage Girl?

Tubi TV

In the United States, The Diary of a Teenage Girl is free with ads on Tubi TV. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, and Fandango At Home. It also streams in 22 other countries.

Is The Diary of a Teenage Girl worth watching?

79

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Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 79 (IMDb 6.8, Letterboxd 3.5 out of 5, Rotten Tomatoes 95%, and Metacritic 87). Critics rate it higher (91 out of 100) than audiences (69).

Will The Diary of a Teenage Girl make me laugh?

A touch

Not much for a comedy: the title analysis gives its humor 1 of 4.

Is The Diary of a Teenage Girl good for date night?

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It suits a quiet night in as a couple: romance is 7 of 10, but the viewing guide doesn't list it for date night.

Was The Diary of a Teenage Girl a box office flop?

Budget$2 million

Box office$1 million

Yes: it cost about $2 million to make and earned $1 million worldwide, 74% of its budget.