Movie review - "Dirty Girl" (2010) **

A film which sounded good on paper and had many strong elements - 1980s setting, interesting idea (friendship between fat gay teen and slutty girl in Oklahoma), excellent cast. It sold well at Toronto and you can see why - but Glee did all this much better and more often. It's hard to make a road trip movie different and this one fails to do it. It's not a particularly well directed or acted film with too many obvious jokes and vague characterisation - the gay character veers from shy torn up boy to out and out queen. Strong performances from the two leads.