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During the publicity blitz for this movie director and writer Elizabeth Wood made a big deal about how this was based on her real life experiences, how unshocking it was (while simultaneously playing up that their were tons of sex scenes and nudity to play up the shock factor) and how unfair it was that white women like herself were able to dabble in drugs for fun in college, while their Latino and black peers were treated like criminals for far lesser offences. Now all these things led me to expect a much different movie, but watching White Girl I was almost bored by how tame and basic it was and how little it had to say beyond that one message.

Morgan Saylor plays Wood's alter ego Leah. Moving into a cheap apartment in a bad (i.e. predominately Latino) neighbourhood with her friend Katie, Leah is immediately attracted to some young Latino men she sees hanging around her street corner. One night, bored and out of weed she introduces herself to them. When they refuse to sell to her she later meets one of them, named Blue, and invites him up to her apartment. They quickly fall in love and Leah helps him upsell his cocaine at exorbitant prices to her wealthy white friends. Of course this all predictably goes bad and Leah lands in a dangerous situation where she feels compelled to save Blue, who has landed in prison.

The strange thing is how boring and formulaic this all feels. I watched a scene with Morgan Saylor bouncing around in a rave with her top off and all I wondered was when the movie would be over. We watch Leah make manic decision after ridiculous decision always protected by the fact that she is young, middle class and white. But it's hard to feel for a character when she's her own worst enemy and you can see her mistakes coming a million miles away. Another thing is, if Wood was so hell bent on showing how white people have the privilege of getting away with things that their black and brown peers can't telling the story from the perspective of the white girlfriend was a huge mistake.

It's too bad, I really had high hopes for this, but it fell short. A more interesting take on millennial hedonism and race and class in America is Spring Breakers which is over the top and ridiculous in a way that packs more punch than White Girl.

Unlike most reviewers I saw this movie with intimate knowledge of street life, and the director got a whole lot right there. And as well, I've known noobs like the lead actress who got themselves into a life about which they knew very little until they were so deep in so fast they couldn't get back out. So with that, I was on my seat edge as our heroine went from precipice to precipice, nearly always avoiding the fall. Without a spoiler alert, she does virtually everything in this film you could to get killed or maimed and the writer/director finds ways for her to fail yet survive.

There's a lot of grit here, from hard parties to transactional activities between employer and employee, and then client and counsel. It was all done very realistically, scarily so in many cases.I would love to know where the writer/director got her adviser on street sales - whoever it was really knew the game. See this movie.But be prepared to be scared, if you know the streets.

This movie is terrible. Obviously the ending is the worst part but that doesn't mean the rest is any good. People saying how "real" this movie is but they have no idea what they're talking about. I'm being generous with a 4/10, go watch something else.

This is an interesting film, one with probably more potential for future greatness than actual rewatch value. The acting is top notch all around, from the two leads who go through many changes to the lawyer who has truly seen it all delivering a chilling speech about black people in jail. A very promising debut from a female director that knows her stuff, from the moment doves fly away when two lovers are reunited or that moment when the camera gets tired of watching the white girl getting taken advantage of too many times and hides from the scene behind a wall before going back to a mirror reflection of said image. While at times playing like a softcore porno a la Game of Thrones and there are too many sex scenes just thrown around, the drama is intact and the WAY that the story is told is very compelling.

I just could not connect with this film. There is no message, no "learning curve" or "lesson learned" or saving grace and I don't like that. It was brutal, and confronting and and the downward spiral of the female lead was sickening and pointless. I get that this is while happens in real life, and this perhaps is where the film was lost on me... I'm a privileged white girl who now at 35 years of age has managed to keep my nose completely clean because I made good choices. I get that this is the downward spiral of so many, who either get caught up or deliberately put themselves in those situations. I found it really really hard to watch and considered turning it off halfway through but pushed through, I feel like I've wasted 2 hours and got no enjoyment whatsoever out of it - and the film hasn't really made a point or has a purpose for me. This review will probably upset a few people and going of majority of the reviews, I have a completely different opinion on the film to many others...

Just saw the movie White Girl. This is one that I'll have to spend some time thinking about. Very controversial, even pornographic at points. Cultures clash in unexpected ways when a couple of white college girls move into a Latino neighborhood and start hanging out with the local drug dealers. Reminiscent of the German film Victoria (it almost seems to be a remake of sorts except not shot all in one take) with a touch of Spring Breakers (if you haven't seen that one don't be fooled by the title, it's pretty horrific), all wrapped up in Project X I suppose. Nothing is romanticized here, especially not the inevitable tragic ending which is the ultimate statement about white privilege.

So why would a person watch a film with little to no redeeming values? You will ask this question every ten minutes as this film flows deeper and deeper down the sewer line. There are people in this film that you grow to hate and not care for. The female lead exploits her own depravity where you question the basic logic of her behavior. She makes some of the most profound mistakes early on and she keeps making these mistakes throughout the picture. And the theme has been beaten to death and if there was suppose to be any shock value, it was lost in the delivery of the script and the direction.

Why should we care about another drug user? Why should we invest in the relationship between her and her boyfriend drug dealer? We've seen this trope too many times to give a damn. The utter stupidity of this girl and the lack of any common sense just screams at you. Every minute that passed by makes you want to just end the film because it gets worse and worse. If this was suppose to be based on true events then I pity the person who's life this was based on because every moment was just so dumb. This was an ugly film where every character was despicable. The boss, the roommate, the boyfriend, the other dope dealers, the cops, the lawyer, there were no characters were you could shine a light on. No one can be this blatantly naive and expect to survive in New York City.

While I understand the intent of showing the girl going bad journey, this film, from beginning to end, reveals the most idiotic, immoral, unaware, dangerous, and disgusting behavior. From beginning to end, the protagonist main character "White Girl" does nothing but put herself in vulnerable positions party after party to a point of date rape, being left at a club in a state of medical need, in a sexual relationship with her boss, drug dealer(s) and more.

I've got as open a mind as the next person, but this film was clearly a misogynist's dream script. To show a woman in a state of dependence and utter helplessness throughout the entire film leaves me wondering...WHAT WAS THE POINT?

I don't like her. I can't imagine any men like her other than the repeated should-be-x-rated sexual escapades. She also looks like a 12 year old, not a 21 year old. Chris Noth has lost my respect ENTIRELY for making this film.

Illustrating a scenario where women are here purely for men's entertainment, will, sexual conquer, and use as an object vs. human being is a tale which needs to end in this country particularly. Congratulations for yet another patriarchal masterpiece of crap.

A young woman falls for a small time drug dealer who ends up in jail facing a long sentence. She has no money but needs 17 000 dollars to get a decent lawyer and pay a dealer back. How far will she go to get it? You have to go long along with the idea that she loves this man (that she just met) so much she'll do however many people it takes to get him out. Most of the film she is snorting coke and having sex but it is necessary for the context of the plot.

This film is gritty and down right depressing but entertaining at the same time. Try and catch this one but be warned (or notified) that there are a few explicit scenes.

There has to be 3 things in movie. 1. entertainment (which is a relative term. It is different for different people) 2. Motivation 3. Lesson There is nothing in this movie. Unnecessary sex scenes and almost prostitution of a probably under-aged girl for money. May be reality in somewhere around the world, but what to learn from it? No sense of positivity in this film. I have really wasted my precious hours in searching for a good(!) film and watching it.

I did not mean this to mean "White all the time" - but rather Wild all the time! And this may remind you of the "Patt" by Eddie Murphy. In this case it also could be Satt - which would stand for intercourse. Because this white girl right here, is riding high - multiple puns intended.

But while that may sound like a fun ride ... and it could be described as this at the beginning ... there is a lot of hardships ... and a lot of trauma and hurt! So while this may excite some viewers in certain scenes, I would not call this entertainment - not even close to.

This is about a young girl losing her grip and touch with reality and life itself ... even if at moments she may think she lives it to the fullest ... a drama, that you may find annoying and the main character obnoxious ... but maybe you can see the troubled individual and feel for her and the bad decisions she is making ... and some others are making for her too ...

i says write 10 lines ugh if only i had tuned in long enough to write ten lines i'll keep it short .

As a justin bartha fan this was the only reason my curiosity was sparked enough to want to watch this crap .WTF was he thinking ? they must of spiked his koolaid because he's too good for this tripe .The film maker made this film based of her life experiences .No need to go watch this film just .Listen to any one of the interviews shes given on the subject matter and you'll see what a empty soul she is .The main character of the film is no different she epitomizes the stereotype of blonde bimbo.She sleeps with anyone who will look in her direction does any drug shoved under her nose . The actress doesn't to bright either or think much of herself or her talents to take this role on .Maybe that's why she got the role even going as far sucking a dick on camera . For me easy nature was apparent for me the moment she decides to just make friends and get nice with the local drug pushers .Now some in the indie pseudo intellect world would defend the act on doing real sex on camera as being artistic and not at all what it appears to be . Thats bullshit you put a dick in your mouth on camera whether its real or prosthetic the act of sucking on it is unsimulated . This movie only appeals to very low brow young and dumb and or pseudo intellects of the indie film world .If you consider yourself a deplorable than this movie is for you if your a normal rational thinking person with any shred of real intelligence you'll stay away as it only reduces IQ points .Go watch the movie kids less pretentious than this film and is worth a watch avoid this at all costs if you have a life and or common sense . This movie is one of those movies that exists just for the sake of existing its all style no substance .

"White Girl" is one of those little independent movies that most in the mainstream don't see still if you do you see it's a showcase of a culture of despair and carefree lifestyle that in the end is a doom and dead way for all involved. Set in New York city it involves the life and times of a college girl named Leah(Morgan Saylor)and this young lady is a free spirit who's a bisexual colored bra wearing college party girl who enjoys wild time after time. And after meeting a guy who she feels for the world of drugs consumes and overtakes their life and way of living and the entire culture involves getting help and getting out of trouble. Leah's only hope is now the legal route in the hands of an attorney named George(veteran actor Chris Noth from "Sex and the City")still it may prove to be to late. This film really has a message of showing that the wild life of sex and drugs is to often meet with despair and desperation despite having love and hope.

One can never get a good movie with a bad script. Add mediocre acting and things are going to get worse. Average camera is not going to help. And so on. It's down and down and even more down.

The characters are flat. The stories are flat. Sex? Sure. Boring. Sex is just a way to add viewership. Only to dump the moralist story: this is what happens when girls want to have fun. No. The vagina was meant to take babies out. Naughty girls get in trouble and than are raped. See? Girls should be pure. Find a middle class home in a middle class neighborhood and raise healthy children through the most recent parenting fads.

I found the movie on Netflix due to hidden category "independent drama" which I love and I was pleasantly surprised. It is very gritty and dark and you kind of experience the movie through the eyes of the main character as she stumbles from party to another and from one mess into another.

But honestly no one would remember this movie if it wasn't for Morgan Saylor. She plays her heart out. Maybe because such a small movie is not widely recognized but for me this should have been an Oscar nomination. Morgan is able to get lost in a scene in the good way. She is willing to not be pretty, willing to take chances, to be provocative, vulnerable all at the same time. She steals the show in every scene even though I want to point out that Brian Marc even though he is much less screentime does a fine job.