The Story: It's 1987 and Danielle, the high school 'Dirty Girl', is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called Joan and a Walkman full of glorious '80s tunes.
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Hello kids, it's been far too long since my last posting. It's not because we forgot you, we would never. It's more like our movie choices have been sucking lately. Liz still won't forgive me for taking her to see The Raven, and don't even get me started on Drive or Prometheus. But fear not, today I have brought you an unexpected gem.
I added Dirty Girl to our Netflix Que a few months ago and completely forgot about it. I'm not even sure why. Anyway, I put it on when I got home from work this morning thinking I'd nap along to the stylish tunes of Pat Benatar, Melissa Manchester and Joan Jett, but that didn't happen.
From the moment Danielle (Juno Temple) hit the screen I was captivated by her no-nonsense attitude. Then Clarke (Jeremy Dozier) came into the picture and I was sold. They're like the Will & Grace of the '80s, only Grace dresses like a whore and cusses like a sailor. I loved every second of Danny and Clarke's journey, especially Nicholas D'Agosto's striptease. But it's not all fun and games for our fearless duo so keep the Kleenex handy.
Temple and Dozier have an electric chemistry that easily makes this film my new favorite road trip flick.
If You Liked: Overnight Delivery, Charlie Bartlett, It's Kind of a Funny Story.
