How to Build a Girl fingerprintFunny, strong craft.
Fast-paced
Fast from start to finish.
Hopeful
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Plenty of sharp wit and cringe comedy
Growing up, pop culture, and everyday modern life
Standout performances and dialogue
Functional look and sound
Fast-paced
Fast from start to finish.
How to Build a Girl is fast-paced.
Hopeful
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Emotionally, it's hopeful. Much of it is about growing up and family.
Plenty of sharp wit and cringe comedy
Expect plenty of sharp wit and cringe comedy.
Growing up, pop culture, and everyday modern life
Its world is built around growing up, pop culture, and everyday modern life.
Standout performances and dialogue
The performances and dialogue stand out.
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How to Build a Girl is included with a subscription to Philo, AMC+, and Sundance Now in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 66/100 (IMDb 6, Rotten Tomatoes 79%, and Metacritic 69). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: sexual content, strong language, and drug use.
1 h 42 min
How to Build a Girl runs 1 h 42 min.
Not quite. Critics rate How to Build a Girl higher (74) than audiences (58). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in United Kingdom, United States.
+65GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for How to Build a Girl in 79 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
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