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The Starling Girl

17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.

Director

Laurel Parmet

Year

Genre

Box Office

$161,290

Production

N/A

Awards

1 win & 4 nominations

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Jem Starling

Owen Taylor

Paul Starling

Heidi Starling

Rebecca Starling

Claire Elizabeth Green

Sarah Starling

Ben Taylor

Noah Starling

Kelsey

Paige Leigh Landers

Jeremy Starling

Nora

Brianna Bronger

Misty Taylor

Jessamine Burgum

Pastor Taylor

Mike Stone

Andrew Riley Stephens

Rachel

Edmond Tike

Anne Taylor

Bartender

Kim Stone

Angela Alexander Pulliam

Male Congregant

Youth Group Leader

Arcade Kid

Arcade Girl

Congregant

Deacon

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Thank You for the opportunity to come before You - The Starling Girl

Thank You for the opportunity to come before You

I hope to glorify You
in all I do. - The Starling Girl

I hope to glorify You in all I do.

I want to reflect
Your Holiness. - The Starling Girl

I want to reflect Your Holiness.

We want to be moved by You,
be glorified and honored. - The Starling Girl

We want to be moved by You, be glorified and honored.

- ♪ All creatures
of our God and King ♪ - The Starling Girl

- ♪ All creatures of our God and King ♪

- Ben was just saying - The Starling Girl

- Ben was just saying

- Um, Ben, maybe you could
teach Jem and her siblings - The Starling Girl

- Um, Ben, maybe you could teach Jem and her siblings

- ♪ When the roll is called
up yonder I'll be there ♪ - The Starling Girl

- ♪ When the roll is called up yonder I'll be there ♪...

Mrs. Stone here noticed that - The Starling Girl

Mrs. Stone here noticed that

- You're right.
- Oh, I'm so sorry. - The Starling Girl

- You're right. - Oh, I'm so sorry.

- ♪ And now I'm a-going up ♪ - The Starling Girl

- ♪ And now I'm a-going up ♪

- ♪ Were you there ♪ - The Starling Girl

- ♪ Were you there ♪

[making swooshing noises] - The Starling Girl

[making swooshing noises]

[making swooshing noises] - The Starling Girl

[making swooshing noises]

[indistinct chatter] - The Starling Girl

[indistinct chatter]

[laughter] - The Starling Girl

- Pastor says
Owen's already talking - The Starling Girl

- Pastor says Owen's already talking

All: ♪ Redeemed--
how I love to proclaim it ♪ - The Starling Girl

All: ♪ Redeemed-- how I love to proclaim it ♪

Edmond--Edmond is here today, - The Starling Girl

Edmond--Edmond is here today,

- It's this kind of camp
where the Lord works on you. - The Starling Girl

- It's this kind of camp where the Lord works on you.

- T--today, I speak to you all
a cleansed man. - The Starling Girl

- T--today, I speak to you all a cleansed man.

A few months ago,
I turned away from God. - The Starling Girl

A few months ago, I turned away from God.

[churchgoers murmur] - The Starling Girl

[churchgoers murmur]

I ask God for His forgiveness
and for yours. - The Starling Girl

I ask God for His forgiveness and for yours.

May I be pliable clay
in the potter's hand... - The Starling Girl

May I be pliable clay in the potter's hand...

And permit You
to shape me into the person - The Starling Girl

And permit You to shape me into the person

[indistinct chatter] - The Starling Girl

[indistinct chatter]

- Watching what?
[both chuckle] - The Starling Girl

- Watching what? [both chuckle]

Hopefully, you won't miss
my dad too much. - The Starling Girl

Hopefully, you won't miss my dad too much.

Yeah, it's beautiful, - The Starling Girl

Yeah, it's beautiful,

[laughter] - The Starling Girl

Some parts of service
were a little intense, huh? - The Starling Girl

Some parts of service were a little intense, huh?

[indistinct agreements] - The Starling Girl

[indistinct agreements]

[chairs clanking and scraping] - The Starling Girl

[chairs clanking and scraping]

[sighs]
Lie all way down. - The Starling Girl

[sighs] Lie all way down.

Eyes closed. - The Starling Girl

[sighs] Just feel the ground
underneath you, - The Starling Girl

[sighs] Just feel the ground underneath you,

We all share this ground
that God gave us. - The Starling Girl

We all share this ground that God gave us.

God is giving us
the gift of others - The Starling Girl

God is giving us the gift of others

[indistinct chatter] - The Starling Girl

[indistinct chatter]

[ambient music] - The Starling Girl

[ambient music]

Some of us were thinking
we could maybe - The Starling Girl

Some of us were thinking we could maybe

- It's just, we usually
do something for Labor Day, - The Starling Girl

- It's just, we usually do something for Labor Day,

- I liked that thing we did
yesterday on the ground. - The Starling Girl

- I liked that thing we did yesterday on the ground.

- For real.
I...thought it was cool. - The Starling Girl

- For real. I...thought it was cool.

It was an exercise - The Starling Girl

It was an exercise

- What if we got one
of the older women - The Starling Girl

- What if we got one of the older women

- [chuckles] - The Starling Girl

- Well, I've been
in the troupe for a while. - The Starling Girl

- Well, I've been in the troupe for a while.

- Just-- - The Starling Girl

[upbeat cartoon music playing
on TV] - The Starling Girl

[upbeat cartoon music playing on TV]

Did you hear that?
[laughter] - The Starling Girl

Did you hear that? [laughter]

[growls]
- [giggles] - The Starling Girl

[growls] - [giggles]

[birds singing] - The Starling Girl

[birds singing]

Walt. They were real close. - The Starling Girl

Walt. They were real close.

Owen Taylor asked me
to be in charge of it. - The Starling Girl

Owen Taylor asked me to be in charge of it.

- It's only 'cause
Mrs. Baker can't do it, - The Starling Girl

- It's only 'cause Mrs. Baker can't do it,

[birds singing] - The Starling Girl

[birds singing]

[valve hissing] - The Starling Girl

[valve hissing]

- Kelsey, you're the
car pool queen today? - The Starling Girl

- Kelsey, you're the car pool queen today?

Hey, um, I just realized
I have a flat tire, - The Starling Girl

Hey, um, I just realized I have a flat tire,

[engine turns over] - The Starling Girl

[engine turns over]

At this beach,
you stick your head underwater - The Starling Girl

At this beach, you stick your head underwater

This is the, uh-- - The Starling Girl

This is the, uh--

[phone clunks] - The Starling Girl

So, uh,
any cool new dance ideas? - The Starling Girl

So, uh, any cool new dance ideas?

- Um, I don't know yet. - The Starling Girl

- Um, I don't know yet.

- You should look online
for inspiration. - The Starling Girl

- You should look online for inspiration.

[engine turns off] - The Starling Girl

[engine turns off]

- [chuckles] - The Starling Girl

- Uh, I hope
you apologized for imposing. - The Starling Girl

- Uh, I hope you apologized for imposing.

[soft music] - The Starling Girl

[water pattering] - The Starling Girl

[water pattering]

- "Though I speak with the
tongues of men and of angels, - The Starling Girl

- "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels...

Uh...
- [sighs] - The Starling Girl

Uh... - [sighs]

He feels that this is the path
God wants for us. - The Starling Girl

He feels that this is the path God wants for us.

- We're so blessed to
bring our families together. - The Starling Girl

- We're so blessed to bring our families together.

- I never really talk
to Ben. - The Starling Girl

- I never really talk to Ben.

- It's just before,
you said I didn't have to-- - The Starling Girl

- It's just before, you said I didn't have to--

I'm--I'm just surprised. - The Starling Girl

I'm--I'm just surprised.

- Proverbs 3:5, "Trust in the
Lord with all thine heart." - The Starling Girl

- Proverbs 3:5, "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart...

Can I pray on it? - The Starling Girl

Can I pray on it?

[chair across floor] - The Starling Girl

[chair across floor]

[indistinct chatter] - The Starling Girl

[indistinct chatter]

[video game sound effects] - The Starling Girl

[video game sound effects]

Misty, I--I can't talk to you
right now, alright? - The Starling Girl

Misty, I--I can't talk to you right now, alright?

[video game sound effects] - The Starling Girl

[video game sound effects]

One, two-- - The Starling Girl

[acoustic guitar playing] - The Starling Girl

[acoustic guitar playing]

[indistinct chatter] - The Starling Girl

[indistinct chatter]

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17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.

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Director: Laurel Parmet

Writer: Laurel Parmet

Production: N/A

Genre: drama

Year: 2023

MetaScore: 78/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: $161,290

Released: 11 Jul 2023

Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations

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