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

May. 1, 2020

How to Build a Girl

Release Date: Friday, May 8, 2020 VOD / Digital

Emma Thompson, Chris O'Dowd, Lucy Punch, Paddy Considine, Alison Owen, Debra Hayward, Beanie Feldstein, Chris O’Dowd, Alfie Allen, Coky Giedroyc, Jameela Jamil

N/A Drama N/A

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Plot

What's the story about?

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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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in How to Build a Girl.

Emma Thompson
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Last Christmas
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Beanie Feldstein
Booksmart, Lady Bird
A
Alfie Allen
The Predator, Pandemic
P
Paddy Considine
Deep Cover, The Girl with All the Gifts
Chris O'Dowd
THIS IS 40, Pirate Radio
C
Chris O’Dowd
My Father’s Dragon, Juliet, Naked
Lucy Punch
Silent Night, Into the Woods
J
Jameela Jamil
Elio, Love at First Sight

Crew Behind the Film

The How to Build a Girl behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Coky Giedroyc last directed Mary Shelley's Monster.

Director: Coky Giedroyc
Screenwriter: Coky Giedroyc
Producers: Debra Hayward
Alison Owen

Studios: IFC Films
Production Company: Film4; Monumental Pictures

Additional Information

MPA Rating: N/A Not available
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

All Trailers

Official How to Build a Girl movie trailers and clips.

Drama

How to Build a Girl Official Trailer

Production Details

What we know about the How to Build a Girl movie production.

Key Facts

Based on Caitlin Moran's novel.

Production Updates

Apr 2020

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Oct 2018

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production.

Nov 2014

Development

The film was tagged as Development.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

How to Build a Girl was released in VOD / Digital on Friday, May 8, 2020. There were 11 other movies released on the same date, including Walkaway Joe, The Legion and Valley Girl.

Movie Theaters

Streaming

2020-05-08 VOD / Digital

United States

On DVD, Blu-ray & 4K

2020-07-00 DVD

Estimated

Digital (Ultra HD) & more

2020-05-08 Subscription