The Starling Girl
The Starling Girl
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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.
Kevin Ward reviewedJuly 4, 2025
Eliza Scanlen continues to impress with every new role. Here she stars as Jem Starling in a coming of age drama about a 17y/o experiencing her sexual awakening while living in a fundamentalist Christian community. She begins an affair with a 28 y/o married man, Owen (Lewis Pullman). In a world where any acts of self love, self exploration and self expression are seen as vanity, Jem’s experiences with Owen enlighten her to the possibilities of a different kind of existence.