Drama

Horse Girl

A socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses, and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life.

Release Date : 2020-01-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Duplass Brothers Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Sarah

Original Name : Alison Brie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nikki

Original Name : Debby Ryan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Darren

Original Name : John Reynolds

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joan

Original Name : Molly Shannon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ron

Original Name : John Ortiz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Heather

Original Name : Meredith Hagner

Gender : Female

Character Name : Brian

Original Name : Jake Picking

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : David Paymer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ethan

Original Name : Jay Duplass

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe

Original Name : Toby Huss

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cheryl

Original Name : Lauren Weedman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Julie

Original Name : Angela Trimbur

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hades

Original Name : Aaron Stanford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Darren Colt

Original Name : Matthew Gray Gubler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agatha Kaine

Original Name : Robin Tunney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gary

Original Name : Paul Reiser

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shannon

Original Name : Stella Chestnut

Gender : Female

Character Name : Emma

Original Name : Hazel Armenante

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tarot Card Reader

Original Name : Mary Apick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jane Doe

Original Name : Dylan Gelula

Gender : Female

Character Name : Homeless Man

Original Name : Andrew Patrick Ralston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Heather's Mother

Original Name : Dendrie Taylor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Heather

Original Name : Zoe Saltz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Sarah

Original Name : Victoria Clare

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tow Worker

Original Name : Luis Fernandez-Gil

Gender : Male

Character Name : Technician

Original Name : Allan McLeod

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wanda

Original Name : Bonnie Burroughs

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Sharae Nikai

Gender : Female

Character Name : Willow

Original Name : Goldenite

Gender : Male

Reviews

Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

@screenzealots

2021-06-23

I left the screening of “Horse Girl” with a deep dissatisfaction, a film that is an odd misstep from director Jeff Baena (“Life After Beth,” “Joshy”). The first half of the film is awkwardly charming, but then it becomes something completely different in the worst possible way. The goodwill earned from the oddball sensibility of the story is derailed when things go in a completely “WTF?!” direction. This is a dark movie that gets weird for no good reason, and it feels like the project becomes a victim of writers (Baena and Alison Brie) who can’t figure out the ending to their story so they take the weird route. It’s lazy, sloppy, and super disappointing. The goofy and sweet Sarah (Brie) has a quiet and fairly simple life. She spends her days working at a crafts store, her afternoons visiting an equestrian center, and her evenings in from of the t.v. watching her favorite supernatural crime show. When her coworker Joan (Molly Shannon) gives her a DNA testing kit for her birthday, it sparks a curiosity about her family history that leads to a pattern of sleepwalking episodes and disturbing dreams. These visions begin to seep into her daily reality, making the fine line Sarah walks between what’s real and what’s fake even more blurred. Is she a clone? Is it the work of extraterrestrials? Or is her family history of paranoid schizophrenia finally starting to affect her? The mystery aspects of the story are interesting, and Baena treats his characters with tenderness and respect. The film is at its best when it presents as a quirky character study and its worst when it becomes too abstract. It isn’t the serious and depressing plot points that ruin the film, but it’s the outlandish finale that honestly makes no sense whatsoever. The ending feels like a slap in the face to those dealing with mental illness as much as it does to the audience.