There really isn't much of a story here and the whole movie feels like a sequence of barely connected scenes. Wherever there is music, there is also entertaining choreography and good editing - those scenes are always great, no matter how slow and boring the rest of the movie feels. Acting is decent tho and Emily Browning certainly shows a lot of talent.There might be a point in the stark contrast between the joy of the musical scenes and the slowly crushing boredom of the "mundane" ones, namely that it is used to show the main character's problem with accepting "real life" and her escapes from it to music. The result is unconvincing, especially for a mainstream viewer - the contrast between the two styles only adds to the general inconsistency of the movie.I would not recommend this to a casual movie viewer, perhaps to people who really are into musicals or youth movies. It certainly helps to show that a good musical requires much more than good songs. The soundtrack, however, that you should get.

I thought this musical fantasy was a most pleasant and enjoyable film, filled with an appealing storyline, humor, and, of course, many delightful musical numbers.Set in Glasgow, Emily Browning the stunning and talented Australian actress is superb as Eve, who's in treatment at a mental health facility for depression and an eating disorder. However, she'll often sneak out of the facility, at night, to visit local clubs, as she's an aspiring songwriter and singer.One night at one of these clubs, she'll meet James, an idealistic young man and guitar player, whose day-job is being a lifeguard at the local university. Olly Alexander is exceptional, as James, and there's a noticeable chemistry between Eve and James, which will eventually lead to a very close friendship.James is teaching guitar to another young woman, Cassie, ably portrayed by Hannah Murray, who also wants to sing and write songs. Soon, the three of them will form a strong bond, and look to form a band so they can try to play out their musical aspirations. However, in time, they'll have to make decisions about their lives and their futures.The movie was written and directed by Stuart Murdoch, the lead singer of the Scottish band Belle and Sebastian, who were very involved in the musical productions here in the film. I thought his screenplay was very clever, and his direction of the musical numbers was extremely well done.All in all, there were some elements here that reminded me of the great movie "Once", with its heartwarming themes and music. To me, this movie was a most pleasant surprise and an exceptional film.

Great cast, great directing, great songs, great lyrics, great movie. I always loved Emily Browning but here she totally showed her talent for acting, and surprise... singing. Loved her voice, and the character she played. Olly Alexander, i have to say i never heard of him but now i hope i do hear more from him, cuz he did such a great acting here. I could really feel related to him, to his voice singing and to his huge love for Eve. Hanna Murray i know her from Game of Thrones, and i never saw anything special about her, but in this movie, even though she cant sing, i wasn't feeling bored while seeing her and listening to her. Probably cuz the director did get the camera from great points of view, but even so,she was really good, and even if i didn't liked her voice i really felt that she was part of the band and that this is where she belonged. This three young people even though they were different, they're friendship was something that could never be broken. Ever.

Cassie: "If you went to the pub now, around the corner and you were like: "I everyone, I'm Scottish." Someone would punch you in the face" Eve: "Absolutely"I knew absolutely nothing about the film, going in i didn't even know it was a musical. I remember it premiering at Sundance and getting some good buzz but after that, it kind of faded. But it has been now on a limited release and the talk is that it's flawed but worth seeing, and so i did.God Help the Girl is Directed by Stuart Murdoch and it stars Emily Browning, Olly Alexander, Hannah Murray, Pierre Boulanger and Cora Bissett. "Set in Glasgow, Scotland, the film is about a girl called Eve who is in the hospital dealing with some emotional problems and starts writing songs as a way of getting better. Songwriting becomes her way forward, leading her to the City where she meets James and Cassie, two musicians each at crossroads of their own. What follows is a story of renaissance over the course of a long, dream-like Summer""WE ARE SEX BOB-OMB!!! ONE-TWO-THREE-FOUR"...Wait...wrong movie. Sh*t i have just seen this picture and i literally can not remember any of it's musical performances, which tells a lot about the movie itself. Unfortunately this is not something nearly as awesome as Scott Pilgrim VS The World. This is too a coming of age story of sorts, that unfortunately loses itself in a middle of a sugar coated and tonally inconsistent melodrama that i pretty much hated.As said, i didn't know what the film was about, i was expecting some kind of coming of age story and ultimately i guess you can say that this is what that is, but not one that features musical numbers. Early on i realized that this was going to be a musical but it seemed as though it was going to be a serious one, since the sub- plot of the main character contains heavy and serious subjects as anorexia.It actually even took me a while to realize that the characters were adults since from the poster and the actors themselves, it seemed as though they were thirteen. The film also took some time in deciding it's tone, well to be fair it actually never decides. That's one the film's biggest problems, the fact that it is inconsistent. One minute we follow the dramatic moments of Eve's like and her health issues and the other moment we see James running in front of a on growing mob, like he is Buster Keaton in Seven Chances or The Beatles in A Hard Day's Night. Tonally the film meanders from being sentimental, to being silly, to being straight up awkward and even dramatic. The problem is that it's not ever good at anyone of those.I struggled a lot to care for any of it. In it's first act the film settles up with a more serious tone and it focuses more in Eve's health decease and overall depression. Then in the second act, i finally started to enjoy myself, especially with the entry of Cassie's character whose actually pretty funny and as some good lines. In those moments, the three actors were at times able to capture the friendship of their characters, but all of that seems to be a minor part of the film after it's third act. In the third act the film's tone is completely off as it goes from being joyful to being depressing. I was confused and didn't care much for any of what was going on. It's also in the last third of the film that we find a series of musical numbers that were woeful and vexatious. They weren't musical numbers they were almost video clips within an actual film. Their presence felt awkward, most of the songs were superficial and lacking on emotion or dept (or at least i didn't feel any)The actors are not particularly bad but i can't say i was amused or welcomed their presence. These hipster looking kids never manage to charm me and to say the truth by the end of the picture i could barely stand seeing them.God Help the Girl is a film that might touch and charm some, but my cold stoned heart was not moved in any way. It's sugar coated to an extend where it's whimsy actually becomes numbing and annoying. It has good intentions and it even might be close to the heart of those involved but that did certainly not translate into the screen. It's never funny enough and it's songs are never catchy or good enough to make this an enjoyable or worth seeing experience. I almost couldn't finish it, one of the worst pictures i have seen all year, now i have to go and to an exam to check if i have diabetes.Rating:D+