The Girl in the Park

The Girl in the Park

A mother's love never dies.

Directed by David Auburn

2007109 min6.0 / 10

A deeply melancholic character study of a mother consumed by grief and desperate hope, exploring how loss fractures identity and relationships.

A mother, enduringly traumatized by the disappearance of her three-year old daughter 15 years ago, has cut herself off from her ex-husband and son. However, when a troubled young woman with a checkered past enters her life, old psychic wounds painfully resurface, as does the illogical and increasingly irrational hope that the young woman may be the daughter she lost so long ago.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Girl in the Park sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of films.

  • Is The Girl in the Park violent? Not especially. Less violent than 74% of films.

  • Is The Girl in the Park easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Does The Girl in the Park end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 61% of films.

  • Is The Girl in the Park scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

33/ 100

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