TMDb Rating
5.7/10
65 verified votes
How to Build a Girl (2020)
Comedy
102 min
Plot Summary
The journey of Midlands teenager Johanna Morrigan, who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde: fast-talking, lady sex-adventurer, moves to London, and gets a job as music critic in the hope of saving her poverty stricken family in Wolverhampton. Based on Caitlin Moran's bestselling semi-autobiographical novel.
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- Try: "The journey of Midlands teenager Johanna Morrigan, who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde: fast-talking, lady sex-adventurer, moves to London, and gets a job as music critic in the hope of saving her poverty stricken family in Wolverhampton."
- Try: "A 2020 film directed by Coky Giedroyc about the journey of Midlands teenager Johanna Morrigan who reinvents herself as Dolly."
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Keywords to include
ComedyCoky GiedroycBeanie FeldsteinPaddy Considine2020
Director
Coky Giedroyc
Top Cast
Beanie FeldsteinPaddy ConsidineSarah SolemaniAlfie AllenFrank Dillane
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