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Gonzo Girl
Directed by
Patricia Arquette
2025
1h 47m
Drama
,
Comedy
5.8
59%
1.2
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A young college graduate toiling as an intern has dreams of making it big in publishing, and the chance comes when they accept an offer to become the latest assistant of a notoriously over the top writer.
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Cast of Gonzo Girl
Camila Morrone
Alley Russo
Willem Dafoe
Walker Reade
Patricia Arquette
Claudia / Director / Producer
Ray Nicholson
Larry
James Urbaniak
Lionel
Elizabeth Lail
Devaney Peltier
Leila George
September McAvoy
Rick Springfield
Zoë Bleu Sidel
Rose
Sean Penn
Alireza Mirmontazeri
Passenger
Mason D. Davis
Waiter
Catherine Olsen
Luz Ozuna
Bookstore Manager
Sila Agavale
Arlo
Mario DeAngelis
Book store patron
Cedric Duplechain
Business man
Jonah Gould
Grad Student
Tristan Ott
Lorenzo
Jess Kaliban
Voice
Gonzo Girl Ratings & Reviews
Critic's Notebook
Sarah Manvel
"Gonzo Girl" is worth seeing for Mr. Dafoe's performance, but it won't otherwise set the world alight. Let's hope Ms. Arquette gets another chance to direct, though.
Loud and Clear Reviews
Hayley Croke
Arquette's directorial debut is a valiant, albeit flawed, effort as the story she chose to adapt is by no means an easy one to approach about the actuality of meeting your heroes and the flawed reality of searching for your own voice.
But Why Tho?
Jason Flatt
Gonzo Girl is more of a careful character study than a bombastic example of the gonzo journalism it takes its name from, but the study is effective nonetheless.
In Review Online
Andrew Dignan
Gonzo Girl ultimately boasts all the thematic heft and staying power of an Us Weekly article.
Next Best Picture
Sara Clements
Ultimately, "Gonzo Girl" is a hazy high that never quite comes down - stylish, immersive, but emotionally distant. It gestures at big questions about legacy, authorship, and the cost of being close to genius but never lands on a satisfying answer.
Screen Zealots
Louisa Moore
With its kaleidoscopic descent into the drug-soaked world of gonzo journalism, nostalgia, and toxic masculinity, this is an exhausting, uneven film that's still trying to figure out what it wants to say.
AIPT
Nathaniel Muir
Gonzo journalism is characterized by its manic energy and ability to critique society and oneself. Still, it is hard not to feel that focusing on self-discovery would have lived up to the gonzo ethos and been more impactful.
jackiekcooper.com
Jackie K. Cooper
Dafoe's performance carries the day.
Maven's Nest
Nora Lee Mandel
In a secondary role, director Arquette is a grounded force in her few scenes, making the assistant much less interesting. She barely helps to balance the sexism of the situation and makes us wonder why we should care about Thompson-ish at this sad period.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
It's a terrific performance from Dafoe, who makes for a more layered Thompson than previous interpretations, and does something with the central crisis of control.
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
An incisive portrait of moths to a flame, as well as what happens to those moths when the flame starts to die out.
Literary Hub
Elissa Suh
This adaptation of Cheryl Della Pietra's novel, directed by Patricia Arquette, stumbles inelegantly and becomes entangled in a clunky script that mirrors limitations of its source material.
Movie Madness Podcast
Erik Childress
Ever hear the one about the fresh-faced intern who goes to work for the drugged-up ne'er-do-well who isn't nearly the talent they used to be and who is actually Hunter S. Thompson but not called that? Yeah, I've forgotten it already too.
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Leslie Combemale
As "Walker Reade" Willem Dafoe brings all the gonzo required to keep Hunter S Thompson fans interested. First time director Arquette will do well in future with a stronger script.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
[Director] Arquette is good with performance but can't quite get her arms around a clunky script, one that allows its inconsistent characters to get sucked into the vortex of its larger-than-life central personality.
TheWrap
Steve Pond
A movie about Hunter S. Thompson - sorry, a movie about somebody who is not Hunter S. Thompson but is a lot like him - wouldn't feel right if it didn't keep going over the edge until everybody, including the audience, was exhausted.
Film Festival Today
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Unfortunately, though I don't think it was anyone's intention here, the very spirit that animates the movie defangs any venom it might spit at the system.
Deadline Hollywood Daily
Pete Hammond
[Patricia Arquette] certainly comes close enough to signal a new career behind the camera -- so much that I eagerly await the next film that might interest her. For now, Gonzo Girl, with the gift of Dafoe and Morrone, is quite good enough.
IndieWire
Kate Erbland
It's a stellar, smart debut for Arquette, an energetic and original spin on a concept that still bears repeating: Don't ever count any girl out.
The Hollywood Reporter
Angie Han
Gonzo Girl could never be totally boring when there's always another substance to be tried, another party crowd to charm, another grand speech to jot down. But the shortchanging of its ostensible lead makes it less than fully engaging.
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