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If I saw this film in the 70s, I probably would have been in stitches. I know it was a big deal back then and shaped the genre and is considered a classic... Alas, as a modern viewer I was counting minutes to the end. Laughs: zero. Chuckles: maybe four.

To be fair, the horribleness of Tall Girl is so absurd it's almost comedic. I laughed for the most part of the film. However, given that the makers' intention wasn't to make me laugh at the parts I was laughing at, I rate this movie three stars.

My favourite part was when Jodi, the main character, says something to the effect of "I stopped playing the piano because when you're good at something, people want you to do it, and I didn't want to give them a reason to stare" in her most serious, melancholic tone of voice. Oh, and when her parents thought she was a freak of nature and compared her to the tallest man in the world. And also when three people in a row greeted her with "How's the weather up there?"

P.S. Why did the Swedish guy's eye colour change from bright to dark at random? I thought they had switched actors mid-shooting!

Could the pacing be ANY more sedate and the scenes more pointless? 5 minutes in, I knew that this movie was going to be a big fat disappointment, but quietly hoped it would get better once the murders started. Alas, it only got progressively more tiresome. Almost no dialogue or action (plenty of landscapes, though).

Had I not read the book, I'd probably be very confused by the plot.