Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

The thrust of the movie, as I saw it, was the propensity of a society, any society, to conveniently 'forget' the details of its involvement with nefarious deeds carried out in its name. Much as the vast majority of American westerns tend to gloss over the true level of barbarism we so-called civilized members of society visited upon the 'heathen' Indians, the German town in question conveniently 'forgot' its level of involvement with the atrocities of the Nazi regime. Mädchen's true 'sin' was of revisiting the Nazi era and detailing the involvement of many of the town's leading lights with that regime and its atrocities.In toto, this film asks disturbing questions about society (any society) and its willingness to justify or simply forget 'inconvenient' truths and realities.

The Nasty Girl is a movie unlike any other that's for sure. I found it interesting that they choose to start the movie with her mother being asked to leave her job as a teacher for being pregnant. She was married, and I don't feel like the children she taught were of an age where that wasn't acceptable. I think Michael Verhoeven was trying to foreshadow that she was going to be a trouble maker, but I still didn't think it was necessary for her mother to loose her job. I did like the scene where she throws the fish they were having for lunch back into the water. There is nothing nasty about Sonja's character. Due to the misleading translation of the title, the film is often put in the adult section of the video store when there is nothing pornographic about the film's content. The film really should be put in the drama or history sections of a video store.Overall I thought the film was good. I didn't agree with some of the transitions (like how all of a sudden Wegmus goes from her teacher to her boyfriend over the course of a car ride to school) there should have been more there especially because she is barely a teenager when they first kiss and he is about to graduate from college. But I did like the photography and the overall theme of the movie. I think Sonja's character showed that you can do anything you put your mind to. She was determined to find answers, and she didn't let anything stop her. She wants to make things better for her children so they don't grow up learning all of the corrupt things the her town has been covering up. Overall the production, direction and acting were very well done. I would definitely recommend the film, but please realize you are watching German cinema, which is usually a little strange when you are used to American style movies.

Me and my homies watched this movie together, since we are all in Deutsch class. The only reason this scheisse was funny was because of how 'schrecklich' it was. The jokes were never funny, especially how the money looked like a vagina if folded correctly, that was just wrong. Also at some points when they were in their living room, it showed a street background that was moving, so it looked like they were sitting on a couch that was on the back of a flatbed! That was easily the funniest part of this horrible movie. 3/10

The introductory half of the film can be seen as a comedy. It's funny and not very realistic. There is, however, a poignant undercurrent of criticism of the church, of the wealthy, and of narrowmindedness, showcasing people's ability to see only what they want to see. The second half becomes much more serious as Sonja encounters hostile and uncooperative people from her hometown.Lena Stolze is very funny and charming as the younger, naive Sonja. But the shift between her young character and her old character is too abrupt. There is very little of the curious girl and more of the martyr (one scene suggests that perhaps she herself believes she is a martyr). In her last scene she takes a role completely different from either of these, and again, the change is abrupt (although this time it seems more justified).The film seems too basic: Either the characters do or do not support Sonja, although some characters allow her to continue her activities only up to a certain point, and other characters lovingly disapprove of them. There is no real conflict for Sonja throughout the film because the people to whom she is closest support her ideas (though not always her methods). There is a lot of obvious malice in the townspeople's actions against her. Once Sonja obtains the necessary documents, her research seems very simple -- although it may have only been the director's choice to skip the laborious details.The visual style will inspire some and annoy others.This is worth seeing for the acting and the message that attitudes that seem past are very much a part of the present. But the comedic elements, excessive simplicity, and theatrical style of the film detract from its powerful message.