How to Build a Girl Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

Johana Morrigan (Beanie Feldstein) is a bright, quirky, 16-year-old who uses her colorful imagination to regularly escape her humdrum life in Wolverhampton and live out her creative fantasies. Desperate to break free from the overcrowded flat she shares with her four brothers and eccentric parents, she submits an earnestly penned and off-beat music review to a group of self-important indie rock critics at a weekly magazine. Despite being brushed off initially, Johana clamors to the top of the '90s rock music scene by reinventing herself as Dolly Wilde – a venerable, impossible-to-please music critic with an insatiable lust for fame, fortune, and men. It isn’t long before the rapid pace at which Johana’s life is changing becomes overwhelming and she runs face-first into a devastatingly real, existential crisis: Is this the type of girl she wants to become? Or does she need to start over and build again from the ground up?

Drama Teen Coming-of-Age

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  Emma Thompson

  The Sheep Detectives, Dead of Winter

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  Beanie Feldstein

  Lady Bird, Drive-Away Dolls

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  Alfie Allen

  The Predator, McVeigh

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  Paddy Considine

  Heads of State, Deep Cover

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  Chris O'Dowd

  Molly's Game, THIS IS 40

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  Chris O’Dowd

  Slumberland, My Father’s Dragon

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  Lucy Punch

  Jingle Bell Heist, Into the Woods

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  Jameela Jamil

  People We Meet On Vacation, PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie

Who is making How to Build a Girl – Crew List

A look at How to Build a Girl behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Coky Giedroyc last helmed Mary Shelley's Monster.

Director

Coky Giedroyc

Screenwriter

Coky Giedroyc

Producers

Debra Hayward
Alison Owen

Production – What we know about the How to Build a Girl

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Key Facts

• Based on Caitlin Moran's novel.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Apr 2020

Completed

Changed How to Build a Girl movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Oct 2018

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

Nov 2014

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in 'development hell.'

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