''to.get.her'' is a 2011 American mystery thriller film directed by

Erica Dunton Erica Dunton is a British director and screenwriter. Her television directing credits include ''Ted Lasso'' (2021–2023), ''The Summer I Turned Pretty'' (2022), ''Outer Banks'' (2024), and ''You'' (2025). She has been nominated for two Directors ...

, starring

Jazzy De Lisser Jasmine Francesca C. de Lisser (born 3 August 1991) is an English actress, model and socialite. As a teenager, she made an award-winning-film about her life with Hepatitis C. She made her feature film debut in '' to.get.her'' (2011). Through h ...

, Chelsea Logan,

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, Audrey Speicher, Jami Eaton, Jill Jackson and Ed Wagenseller. It had its premier at the

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in 2011, where it won the Best of NEXT Audience Award, and was released digitally on 15 January 2013.

Cast

as Ana Frost * Chelsea Logan as China Rees *

as Emily Mateo * Audrey Speicher as Abigail Pearce * Jami Eaton as Zoe Lindermann * Jill Jackson as Margaret Frost * Ed Wagenseller as Robert Engledew * Jon Stafford as Peter * Jason Davis as Bryan * Cullen Moss as Paul * Taylor Kowalski as Gus * James Forgey as Daniel *

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as Ruth * Tammy Arnold as Therapist *

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as Fantasy Girl

Production

''to.get.her'' was filmed over 12 days entirely in

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with a

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, which is primarily a still camera. Approximately 85% of the film was shot with a 600mm

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lens, which caused the camera to be positioned up to two blocks away from the actors.

Release

The film premiered at the

on 21 January 2011, where it won the Best of NEXT Audience Award. It was released digitally for purchase on 15 January 2013, along with 12 other recent Sundance movies to help promote the 2013 festival, and then streaming on

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and

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on February 15.

Reception

Michael Dunaway of ''

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'' gave the film a rating of 8.1/10, calling it "visually interesting and innovative", and praised the performances of De Lisser and Aboah. Rob Nelson of ''

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'' wrote that while Dunton "strains for high-school gravitas and achieves a smidgen of it in her twisty final reel", the "absurdity" of the film and the "horrid" dialogue "ought to prevent its graduation from an award-winning Sundance bow to release." ''

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'' wrote that the action is "competently framed but plagued by filter effects that do nothing to make the tedious drama less annoying to sit through."

References

External links

* * {{rotten-tomatoes, together_2011, to.get.her American mystery thriller films 2010s mystery thriller films Sundance Film Festival award–winning films