2006 American film
Gretchen |
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Directed by | Steve Collins |
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Produced by | Rajen Savjani |
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Cinematography | PJ Raval |
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Edited by | Mike Shen |
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Production companies | Film Science Van Hoy/Knudsen Productions |
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Distributed by | Film1 Watchmaker Films |
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Release date |
- August 2006 (2006-08) (Locarno)[1]
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Running time | 98 minutes |
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Country | United States |
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Language | English |
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Gretchen is a 2006 film directed by Steve Collins, starring Courtney Davis as the title character. The film was Collins' first full-length feature and was based on his short film Gretchen & the Night Danger.
Plot
Gretchen Finkle (Courtney Davis) is a 17-year-old high school student with a romantic obsession over Ricky (John Merriman). Her mother (Becky Ann Baker) becomes so concerned about Gretchen's crush that she sends her daughter to an in-patient emotional therapy clinic.
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Production
Development
Gretchen is a full-length adaptation of Steve Collins' 2004 short film Gretchen & the Night Danger, which won the Jury Award for Competition Shorts at South By Southwest.[2][3]
Reception
Critical response
Sky Hirschkron, writing for Stylus Magazine, stated, "Collins is perceptive to Gretchen’s status as a loser; the problem is that he offers nothing to counterbalance it, resulting in a perspective inadvertently as cruel as her tormentors".[4] Film Threat's Don Lewis commented, "Gretchen is a really dry, funny and sad film [...] The bond between Gretchen and her mother is a sweet touch and without it, one might think Collins was cinematically abusing Gretchen just as everyone else does throughout the film."[5]
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