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New Waterford Girl

Play trailer Poster for New Waterford Girl 1999,  1h 37m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 92% 12 Reviews Tomatometer 85% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
92% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 85% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Mooney (Liane Balaban) feels trapped in her small coastal Canadian town, and with good reason: When she told her parents that her teacher Cecil (Andrew McCarthy) had offered her a spot at an art school in New York, her parents forbade her to go. Then surly Lou (Tara Spencer-Nairn) moves into the neighborhood, reportedly from Manhattan. After quickly becoming friends, the two girls hatch a scheme to escape their provincial prison utilizing Lou's improbable boxing skills.

Critics Reviews

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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Oct 19, 2007
This winning little comedy from Pump Up the Volume director Allan Moyle... is worth seeking on DVD. Go to Full Review
Film Threat Dec 6, 2005
4/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 7, 2005
2/5
Mark Palermo The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Oct 28, 2004
4/5
Ryan Cracknell Movie Views Mar 28, 2004
4/5
Film Threat Dec 8, 2002
4/5
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George S Feb 25, 2013 i give this 0/5. What was that? What a bad movie. good ending but the whole thing was weird and a poor story. the cover says its a comedy but definitely not. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Allan Moyle

Director

Liane Balaban

Moonie Pottie

Tara Spencer-Nairn

Lou Benzoa

Andrew McCarthy

Cecil Sweeney

Mary Walsh

Cookie Pottie

Nicholas Campbell

Francis Pottie

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New Waterford Girl

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Movie Info

Synopsis Mooney (Liane Balaban) feels trapped in her small coastal Canadian town, and with good reason: When she told her parents that her teacher Cecil (Andrew McCarthy) had offered her a spot at an art school in New York, her parents forbade her to go. Then surly Lou (Tara Spencer-Nairn) moves into the neighborhood, reportedly from Manhattan. After quickly becoming friends, the two girls hatch a scheme to escape their provincial prison utilizing Lou's improbable boxing skills.
Director
Allan Moyle
Producer
Jennifer Kawaja, Julia Sereny
Screenwriter
Tricia Fish
Distributor
Touchstone Pictures
Production Co
Sienna Films Inc., imX Communications
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 12, 1999, Original
Box Office (Gross USA)
$774.5K
Runtime
1h 37m
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