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Manohla Dargis of The New York Times made it a "critic's pick" and described it as "a thrillingly, unexpectedly good American movie about love and a moral awakening". Indiewire's blog The Playlist wrote that the film "signals the arrival of Dree Hemingway as one to watch". Movieline wrote that the film was "surprisingly sweet". The Hollywood Reporter added that it "pairs story and setting together perfectly". Indiewire called Starlet a "provocative showcase for newcomer Dree Hemingway", and Variety called it "beautifully understated". Metacritic rated it 74/100 based on 18 reviews. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 87% of 45 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review the average rating was 7.3/10. It was released theatrically by Music Box Films on November 9, 2012. Starlet premiered at the SXSW Film Festival on Ma and had its international premiere in main competition at the Locarno International Film Festival in August 2012. The film was shot entirely in Los Angeles. Starlet began production in August 2011 and wrapped the following month. Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch collaborated on the screenplay for Starlet from November 2010 through summer 2011. She returns to the car, and the two drive away. Jane notices the nearby grave of Sadie's daughter. Sadie asks Jane to stop at the cemetery to leave flowers on her husband's grave. Later, Jane, not knowing that Sadie has been told about the money, picks her up to go to the airport. Sadie briefly unpacks her suitcase, but stops and gets ready to travel. In an act of revenge, Melissa tells Sadie about the stash of money. Jane contacts her boss, who provides her a room in a large house which serves as a dormitory for a stable of porn actresses. Melissa screams at Jane and kicks her out of the apartment. When Melissa learns that Jane spent all the money on Sadie, she is enraged. Jane buys two first-class tickets to Paris for Sadie and her, but Sadie refuses to go, before eventually agreeing to go on the trip. Melissa advises her to spend it on someone she cares about. Jane still has most of the money she found in the Thermos. One day the dog gets loose and, although Sadie finds Starlet, she suggests ending the friendship with Jane. Jane begins to leave her dog Starlet with Sadie while at work.

Melissa's car is repossessed, but she gets it back from money doing "privates". Jane convinces their boss to suspend Melissa for a month instead. She learns that the widow Sadie always loved Paris but has never been there.Īfter an argument with her boss, Melissa is fired from her job where she, Mikey, and Jane are adult film stars.

Despite Sadie's abrasiveness and resistance, Jane begins to form a friendship with her. The cranky older woman turns Jane away before she can explain. She spends some of it on extravagant luxuries, but decides to return the money to Sadie. At one such sale she comes across an old woman named Sadie, from whom she buys a Thermos.īack at her place, Jane discovers a stash of money in the Thermos. Seeking change, Jane buys furniture at neighborhood yard sales. Melissa tells Jane she cannot change the color of her room as she wishes because Mikey needs it for "shoots". Jane, also known as Tess, is a young woman who shares an apartment rented by Melissa and her boyfriend Mikey.
