Gretchen (film)

Gretchen is a 2006 film directed by Steve Collins, starring Courtney Davis as the title character. The film was Collins' first full-length feature and was based on his short film Gretchen & the Night Danger.

Gretchen
Film poster
Directed bySteve Collins
Produced byRajen Savjani
CinematographyPJ Raval
Edited byMike Shen
Production
company
Film Science
Van Hoy/Knudsen Productions
Distributed byFilm1
Watchmaker Films
Release date
  • August 2006 (2006-08) (Locarno)[1]
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Gretchen Finkle (Courtney Davis) is a 17-year-old high school student with a romantic obsession over Ricky (John Merriman). Her mother (Becky Ann Baker) becomes so concerned about Gretchen's crush that she sends her daughter to an in-patient emotional therapy clinic.

Cast

Production

Development

Gretchen is a full-length adaptation of Steve Collins' 2004 short film Gretchen & the Night Danger, which won the Jury Award for Competition Shorts at South By Southwest.[2][3]

Reception

Critical response

Sky Hirschkron, writing for Stylus Magazine, stated, "Collins is perceptive to Gretchen’s status as a loser; the problem is that he offers nothing to counterbalance it, resulting in a perspective inadvertently as cruel as her tormentors".[4] Film Threat's Don Lewis commented, "Gretchen is a really dry, funny and sad film [...] The bond between Gretchen and her mother is a sweet touch and without it, one might think Collins was cinematically abusing Gretchen just as everyone else does throughout the film."[5]

Accolades

List of awards and nominations
Award Category Nominee Result
Los Angeles Film Festival[6] Best Dramatic Feature Steve Collins Won

References
  1. https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/5188476/dossier-1-locarno-film-festival
  2. O'Connell, Joe (19 August 2005). "Film News: Kat in a hot Austin indie summer; plus, 'How to Eat Fried Worms,' Jeffrey Travis, and the rest". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  3. "SXSW Film 04 Awards: The best of the fest". The Austin Chronicle. 19 March 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  4. Hirschkron, Sky (15 May 2007). "The 2007 Independent Film Festival of Boston". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  5. Lewis, Don (15 March 2006). "Gretchen". Film Threat. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  6. "Gretchen (2006/I) - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
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