Electrick Children (2012) on Netflix
Rachel McKnight, fifteen, lives in a fundamentalist Mormon settlement in Utah. Believing a cassette tape made her pregnant, she drives off to Las Vegas to find the singer she heard on it.
- Netflix3.9/5
- IMDb6.7/106,536 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes88%
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Plot summary
Fifteen-year-old Rachel McKnight has grown up in a fundamentalist Mormon settlement in Utah. She plays a blue cassette for the first time and hears a song on it. Her brother Mr. Will takes it from her, saying the machine is meant for God alone. When she finds she is pregnant, she believes the tape worked a miracle. Her parents blame Mr. Will and send him away, and her father Paul arranges a marriage for her the next day. Rachel steals the family pickup and drives to Las Vegas to find the singer, with Mr. Will asleep in the truck.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Electrick Children (2012)
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- Rebecca Thomas and producer Jessica Caldwell planned the film on a $25,000 microbudget and started a Kickstarter. A producer, Richard Neustadter, saw the project, donated $5,000, read the script, and then raised $1 million for production.
- Julia Garner was cast as Rachel less than a week before filming began, after actor Peter Vack recommended her to Thomas. Thomas said Garner was one of the only actresses who looked young enough but also had a mature emotional depth.
- Director Rebecca Thomas was raised a Mormon and first researched Mormon fundamentalism for a documentary, which became the basis for the religious group in the film. She decided to adapt the story of the Virgin Mary.
- Electrick Children was Julia Garner's first lead role in a film, and Thomas thought her inexperience made her "very teen-like".
