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I left the screening of Horse Girl with a deep dissatisfaction, a film that is an odd misstep from director Jeff Baena (Life After Beth, Joshy). The first half of the film is awkwardly charming, but then it becomes something completely different in the worst possible way. The goodwill earned from the oddball sensibility of the story is derailed when things go in a completely WTF?! direction. This is a dark movie that gets weird for no good reason, and it feels like the project becomes a victim of writers (Baena and Alison Brie) who cant figure out the ending to their story so they take the weird route. Its lazy, sloppy, and super disappointing.
The goofy and sweet Sarah (Brie) has a quiet and fairly simple life. She spends her days worki...