Based off the semi-autobiographical novel by Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl never fully commits to its title and by the end will leave the audience feeling a bit cheated by overpromises. This isn’t to say this is a bad film. It is funny with a cast that gels extremely well together. But underneath the laughs and likable cast sits a hollow film.
The story follows teenager Johanna Morrigan (Beanie Feldstein) who in order to fulfill her dream to be a writer creates the persona Dolly Wilde to review rock bands at a male-dominated magazine. Dolly Wilde is everything Morrigan isn’t, a fast-talking, sex-crazed mean-girl who can help Morrigan escape her boring and mundane life.
Let’s just get this out of the way now; Beanie Feldstein is an absolute treasure to the movie universe. Between last year’s Lady Bird and this year’s Booksmart, Feldstein is hitting her stride when it comes to films. She’s absolutely hilarious but also has pretty good range when it comes to the characters she
