Film

Damsels in Distress

2012 · 1h 39m · Comedy · Drama · Romance

For these girls... it's not what you learn, it's whom you educate.

IMDb

5.8

Rotten Tomatoes

75%

Metacritic

67

A trio of beautiful girls set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university: the dynamic leader Violet Wister, principled Rose and sexy Heather. They welcome transfer student Lily into their group which seeks to help severely depressed students with a program of good hygiene and musical dance numbers.

Greta Gerwig

Violet Wister

Lio Tipton

Lily

Megalyn Echikunwoke

Rose

Carrie MacLemore

Heather

Ryan Metcalf

Frank

Jermaine Crawford

Jimbo

Caitlin FitzGerald

Priss

Zach Woods

Rick DeWolfe

Domenico D'Ippolito

Complainer Student

Nick Blaemire

Freak Astaire

Aubrey Plaza

Depressed Debbie

Hugo Becker

Xavier

Meredith Hagner

Alice

Joe Coots

Barman

Adam Brody

Fred Packenstacker / Charlie Walker

Billy Magnussen

Thor

• Whit StillmanDirector · Writer · Producer
• Martin ShaferProducer
• Liz GlotzerProducer
• Doug EmmettDirector of Photography
• Mark SuozzoOriginal Music Composer
• Adam SchlesingerOriginal Music Composer
• Andrew HafitzEditor
• Kerry BardenCasting
• Anya ColloffCasting
• Amy McIntyre BrittCasting

Official Trailer

Release date

April 6, 2012

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

PG-13

Revenue

$1,314,358

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

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