A complex teacher-student relationship is at the center of Miller's Girl, a 2024 new movie starring Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman.
Miller's Girl marks the directorial debut of Jade Halley Bartlett, who also wrote the screenplay that first popped up on the 2016 Blacklist, which honors the best-unproduced scripts in Hollywood every year. After that, Miller's Girl was picked up by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's production company, Point Grey, which has been behind some major hits recently, including The Boys, Pam & Tommy, Joy Ride, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and Invincible. Do they have another hit on their hands?
Here is everything that you need to know about Miller's Girl.
How to watch Miller's Girl
Miller's Girl is available to watch via digital on-demand in the US and the UK.
Miller's Girl cast
Jenna Ortega stars in Miller's Girl as a young student named Cairo Sweet, a talented writer who catches the attention of her teacher, Jonathan Miller, played by Martin Freeman.
Ortega has been a rising star over the last few years, most notably starring in the Netflix TV show Wednesday, the horror movie franchise Scream and the A24 horror movie X. In addition to Miller's Girl, Ortega is also set to appear in the 2024 movie Beetlejuice 2. Find out why she "scared the s**t" out of her director here.
Freeman's list of credits includes many fan-favorite roles like John Watson in the BBC's Sherlock opposite Benedict Cumberbatch, Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit movies, as Everett Ross in multiple MCU titles, as well as starring in the TV show Breeders.
Joining Ortega and Freeman in Miller's Girl are Dagmara Domińczyk (Succession), Bashir Salahuddin (Top Gun: Maverick) and Gideon Adlon (The Thing About Pam).
Miller's Girl plot
Here is the official synopsis for Miller's Girl:
"A talented young writer (Jenna Ortega) embarks on a creative odyssey when her teacher (Martin Freeman) assigns a project that entangles them both in an increasingly complex web. As lines blur and their lives intertwine, professor and protégé must confront their darkest selves while straining to preserve their individual sense of purpose and the things they hold most dear."
Miller's Girl review
What to Watch's review of the movie gave it four out of five stars, specifically praising the work of Ortega and first-time director Jade Halley Bartlett. Find out what else we liked about the movie with our full Miller's Girl review.
Miller's Girl trailer
The Miller's Girl trailer certainly plays up the sexy thriller angle of the movie. Could this be a future addition to our sexy movies list? Watch the trailer directly below:
Miller's Girl director Jade Halley Bartlett
Miller's Girl is the only official credit that Jade Halley Bartlett has on IMDb, either as a writer or a director. However, she has been on Hollywood's radar since the script originally appeared on The Blacklist in 2016. In 2019 she was hired to write Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness for Marvel, however she was eventually replaced. She had been attached to write a handful of other scripts, but nothing that has made it to the screen as of yet.
Find out more about Jade Halley Bartlett and her profess of making Miller's Girl in our interview with her.
