NEW WATERFORD GIRL (1998)
- Run Time: 97 min.
- Rating: AA
- Director: Allan Moyle
- Writer(s): Tricia Fish
- Producer(s): Bora Bulajic, Jennifer Kawaja & Julia Sereny
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Plot Summary
Moonie Potts (Balaban) is a moody 15-year-old misfit who’ll do anything to get out of dreary New Waterford, Nova Scotia. Lou Benzoa (Spencer-Nairn) is a tough girl from the Bronx who couldn’t be happier to be moving into the quiet seaside hamlet.
Lou is as extroverted and impulsive as Moonie is shy and withdrawn, and soon their unlikely friendship starts turning the town upside down. Lou wins over the local girls by using her boxing skills to punish their two-timing boyfriends, while Moonie plots to get out of her family’s home and to the bright lights of New York City. Since the only girls who escape the Catholic town of New Waterford are those who get pregnant accidentally, Moonie’s schemes start to get increasingly outlandish. Hilarious and exhuberant, New Waterford Girl paints a touching picture of coming of age in a small town.
About the Director
Allan Moyle
Director/screenwriter/actor Allan Moyle wrote the seminal Canadian films Montreal Main and The Rubber Gun, and directed the latter. He is also known for his work on the feature films Pump Up The Volume starring Christian Slater, and Empire Records starring Liv Tyler. His film credits also include The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag and most recently the biopic Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story. His film New Waterford Girl was nominated for 7 Genie Awards in 2001.
Reviews
Jennifer of NSCAD said:
Monday, Oct 5, 2009
I remember watching this movie when it first came out, and I loved it of course I didn't understand all of the jokes when I was that young. But this move honestly gets better ever time I watch it. I absolutely Love it