Aw this is such a sweet movie, yet heartbreaking. And then sweet again. *sigh* love....

David Gordon Green flatters the hollow intentions of his woefully, unconvincingly affected debacle by allowing the world 'real' to sneak into its title. Truth is, Green's gone from magnificently capturing a sense of melancholic tragedy in the richly rewarding George Washington to a realm of altogether galling inferiorities. Zooey Deschanel, giving one of the most insufferable performances in memory, doesn't help her flailing director much either.

A more realistic romance tale than the typical bullshit, but uninteresting.

wow wow wow. "We're definitely not in Hollywood anymore" - spot on, KMcNeil.

Each scene is a stanza; the narrative chimes in like a refrain. Green is unafraid to include shots merely because they are interesting. Most memorable is the film's dialogue, which I've heard is improvised, but doesn't sound like filmed results of most improvisations, which are long on repetition and short on inspiration. It actually sounds like these lines are being said for the first time, and the characters are feeling their way through their situations at the same time that we are.

An incredibly touching romance, free of sentimentality and sensationalism. The dialogue is down-to-earth, and the improvisation lends it a fantastic organic quality. The actors hesitate and stumble over their words, making every line that much more believable. Just a remarkable film that achieves very authentic emotions.

The acting in the movie was actually really good, but the editing was absolutely terrible. The pace of the film was really awkward. During a pillow fight that lasted about 1 min there were two entirely unnecessary cuts. The writing of the film wasn't that great either and I was left not really caring about the characters. The editing and writing was done so poorly that it made what should have been a simple story unclear at times. The location of shooting was beautiful though.

Not my cup of tea

Beautifully shot, in a landscape I haven't seen before. The leads are very good, but I guess in the end I couldn't identify with the small-town motivations.

As far as modern-day romances go, this is a very quiet and unassuming one. It's as simple as they come and is all the more effective for its lack of sentiment and its modest ambition, allowing its actors room to work with their characters (the cast is excellent, particularly the two leads).

Green's good, albeit slightly disappointing, follow-up to 'George Washington' is a somewhat original take on the romance genre that is thankfully unformulaic but not, unfortunately, as genuine as expected. Many scenes and characters didn't, in fact, come off as real to me. Also, I fail to acknowledge any appeal whatsoever of the apparently popular McBride. Deschanel was all right and Schneider, co-writing with Green as well as starring, acquitted himself very well.

Very apt title - the romance in this movie is real in a way that is barely ever seen. Great.

We're definitely not in Hollywood anymore. David Gordon Green continues to impress - following the amazing "George Washington" - with a raw and emotionally real romance that avoids all the pitfalls and all the clichees of the genre, instead stripping this story of love and lust down to the bone - down to the two central characters (well-acted by Deschanel and Schneider). Points for cinematography and music. Green's movies look dreamlike while simultaneously maintaining a great sense of presence.

Lovely and heartbreaking.

Green's films are easily recognizable. The tone is understated and poetic, containing lyrical cinematography and dialogue. He's always had an uncanny ability to capture the way people interact and relate, and that's part of what makes this such an original and affecting romance. Definitely a personal favorite of mine.

perfectly broken.

So many incredible moments. Great soundtrack too. Unfortunately though, when you make a slow paced film like this even if you slip up and break the flow a few times it really throws you off.

It's tempting to write this off for its quirkiness, most apparent in the form of improvised "indie" dialogue. These conversations aren't just a hipster trope though; they approximate the kinds of discussions real people have, rarely succinct, stilted, plagued by pauses as thoughts are worked out on the fly. That they are delivered by characters that feel real, who struggle to understand and convey to others who they are, what they feel, is what makes this film overcome any hint of pretension.

While it is guilty of indie dialogue from time to time, All the Real Girls proves to be a genuine romance. Great authenticity is seen through each performance, and there are some truly heartbreaking scenes. Absolutely beautiful cinematography in this great Southern Gothic.

I felt like it was trying too hard to be "honest" or something. Too much gentle music and too many instances of people inarticulately saying something that's accidentally profound. Green is doing everything he can not to get too big, but there's a transparency to to the quietude that annoyed me. I liked the sentiments being expressed, there's some lovely touches, and Zooey Deschanel is surprisingly not that bad. I just didn't care enough about these characters to be more than mildly interested.

zooey is cool but the dude is an asshole, both in a good and a bad way. great to see young Kenny Powers and Eli Thompson. i wasn't that impressed by the movie at first, but it did stick with me for a while.

It suffers just a bit from a fashionable disdain for plot, but the superb acting (natural and skillful in improvisation, astonishing in emotional power), the starkly beautiful cinematography, the evocative musical score, and the way all three are unified into a powerful whole by the poetic intensity of Green's direction, more than make up for it. Few films give us a place as fully realized as this small, decaying North Carolina factory town.

story, oldies(2), Zooey D

" Broadens the director's rural visual beauty but also benefits from a sharper placement of his narrative shrapnel and his characters' acute internal dilemmas." - Chuck Rudolph

my favorite movie about relationships by one of my favorite directors.

The pace was definitely awkward at times, flowing in untimely segments. But other than that it was a pretty awesome 2 hours. The scenery was perfect and the acting was awesome with Zooey Deschanel being brilliant as usual.

I couldn't connect with this at all. The guy's dating his friend's sister, which causes drama, but then she *gasp* leaves town and hooks up with and outsider, which causes drama, and then she faux-dates the dude's friend, which causes even more drama, and then the guy won't instantly forgive her for all of the above, which causes the most drama of all. Fuck this. I enjoyed Snow Angels a lot, I had high hopes for All the Real Girls since it's widely considered Green's best. I was disappointed.

Whoever played Uncle Leland should be in more movies. He's fantastic. Sadly, the two leads aren't nearly as interesting.

This is one of the realest movies I've ever seen. It takes awhile to get going, though.

First off, it's a beautiful looking movie. The shots look great, and it sets the mood really well. Great performances from pretty much the whole cast (Danny McBride manages to be charming as well), and most of the supporting characters get a little bit of screen time without making the movie too jumbled. It's pretty quirky at times, but never too much so. Great, great movie.

This movie breaks my heart every time I see it. I can't get enough of Schneider and Deschanel and their complicated mess of a relationship. Forget The Notebook, this is true love captured on film.

While it doesn't hold up as well on repeat viewings, Green injects a number of interesting ideas here--both visually and narratively. I appreciate the simple interactions between strange and often mismatched people in this small town, bringing out something of significance in their dealings with one another. I remembered the film as much more lyrical than it turned out to be, and the film seems to lose steam in its third act when it gets a touch overemotive and overwritten.

I tolerated it as long as I could. Good performances, but I like some kind of story to take place during a movie.