The Dead Girl

[MacGuffin]

Trailer here.

Release Date: December 29th, 2006 (limited)

Starring: Brittany Murphy, Toni Collette, Piper Laurie, Mary Steenburgen, Giovanni Ribisi, Marcia Gay Harden, Rose Byrne, Josh Brolin, Bruce Davison, Mary Beth Hurt, James Franco

Directed by: Karen Moncrieff (Blue Car)

Premise: The murdered body of a young woman named Krista is found by Arden, a lonesome caretaker living with her irascible mother. This leads to Leah, a forensics graduate student whose sister went missing as a child, stumbling upon possible closure when Krista's body appears on her gurney. The story continues with Ruth, who in the midst of a long and intense love/hate relationship with her husband, discovers a disturbing connection between her husband and Krista's murder. Finally, Melora is a mother searching for answers about her runaway daughter Krista's troubled life and finds help in her quest from another troubled young woman.

[Pubrick]

when the premise is that long and boring, you know it's gonna be as forgettable as the title. shame cos the talent's there (uh, with a few exceptions).

[polkablues]

I'm just worried that Josh Brolin's enormous head will block my view of Rose Byrne.