How to Build a Girl

It was looking improbable that the serious literary aspirations of shy Wolverhampton 16-year-old Johanna Morrigan (Beanie Feldstein) would lift her out of her working-class existence. Having hit paydirt with her review submissions to a music paper, though, she proceeded to reinvent herself as glammed-up cultural rebel Dolly Wilde--and pen a different end to her story. Singular coming-of-ager co-stars Paddy Considine, Alfie Allen, Sarah Solemani; Caitlin Moran adapted her novel for the screen. 102 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.