The Nasty Girl (1990) poster
1990 · drama · satire · historical

The Nasty Girl

Directed by Michael Verhoeven1h 32m1990
ElsewhereIMDb7.33kRT57%TMDB6.639
  • brisk
  • inventive
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Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / satire, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.

Our read · The Nasty Girl (1990) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive drama · satire · historical entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a clever German comedy-drama about digging into a town's Nazi past.

ends upliftingit stays with yousteady all the waygrips by minute 10attention 3/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if subtitles or stories about confronting history feel heavy or slow.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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