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Famed director Alfred Hitchcock (Toby Jones) obsesses over actress Tippi Hedren (Sienna Miller) while filming "The Birds."

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The Girl may be too prosaic to properly evoke its subject, but sterling performances by Toby Jones and Sienna Miller bring to life one of cinematic history's most horrific abuses of power.

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Joanne Ostrow Denver Post 08/05/2020
Sienna Miller is lovely as Hedren, a fresh-faced beauty with a reserve that made her seem sculpted from marble. Go to Full Review Linda Stasi New York Post 08/05/2020
The Girl could have been a great movie, but the screenplay turns Hedren into a paragon of female strength and morality... And then there's Sienna Miller. Halfway believable but missing what Hitchcock called "the volcano inside." Go to Full Review Matt Zoller Seitz New York Magazine/Vulture 08/05/2020
There's ultimately not enough imagination, enough art, in The Girl to justify its having been made. Go to Full Review Matt Roush TV Guide 08/05/2020
Toby Jones is pitch-perfect and eerily nuanced in revealing the self-loathing underbelly of the corpulent Hitch. Go to Full Review Tom Gliatto People Magazine 08/05/2020
For The Girl to work, the director's perversity needs to come up against the actress's desperate will to fight him off. Miller is believably blonde, and that's about it. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Julian S @akajulianscott 08/07/2024 “The Girl” offers a stark view of the acclaimed director and his wife, who, by turning a blind eye, becomes entangled in the turmoil. Hedren, portrayed with precision by Miller, remains resilient and engaging, making the behind-the-scenes story compelling, even if the payoff is somewhat elusive. See more Shioka O @RT54204327 03/11/2023 Worth spend time to see the possible behind-the-scene after watching The Bird and Marnie. See more 07/14/2020 Toby Jones is excellent as ever and Sienna Miller great. Seems like Hitchcock fans and producers of the schmaltzy 2012 hitchcock (same year) want this movie to disappear as it has a negative depiction of the fondly remembered director. I think it unlikely that there was nothing in the accusations of Tipi Hedren even if what she says are contradictory. It is unfortunate that contemporary culture is such that if impropriety is alleged then all the work of the artist is blacklisted. Gripping and more and more relevent post Weinstein/ me too. See more 09/08/2017 I really enjoyed this film. It really shows Alfred Hitchcock and his dark side. Sienna Miller also does a stunning performance as Tippi Hedren. I would totally watch it again. See more 06/26/2017 This film depicts Alfred Hitchcock's unhealthy obsession with a model he cast in the lead role of The Birds, Tippi Hedren. Toby Jones does a spot on job as Hitchcock, getting both the voice and the look right. Seanna Miller also does a great job as the increasingly fragile Tippi Hedren who suffers through Hitchcock's bullying to get the role of a lifetime. Unlike the other Hitchcock biopic starring Anthony Hopkins, this one paints Hitchcock it a much less favourable light, depicting him as a bully and sexual predator. How much is true with these biopics is always debatable but the film was entertaining and shocking. Worth seeing if you've ever enjoyed any of the man's films and a good comparison with the Anthony Hopkins version. See more 01/01/2017 Beautiful performances and stunning Sienna Miller. However, I was disappointed to find out that this movie did not stand up to the truth of the story it was telling. See more Read all reviews
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Julian Jarrold

Director

Toby Jones

Alfred Hitchcock

Sienna Miller

Tippi Hedren

Imelda Staunton

Alma Hitchcock

Carl Beukes

Jim Brown

Penelope Wilton

Peggy Robertson

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Movie Info

Synopsis Famed director Alfred Hitchcock (Toby Jones) obsesses over actress Tippi Hedren (Sienna Miller) while filming "The Birds."
Director
Julian Jarrold
Screenwriter
Gwyneth Hughes
Production Co
Home Box Office (HBO), BBC, Moonlighting, Warner Bros., Wall to Wall Media, Ltd.
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Drama, Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Runtime
1h 31m
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