In Lloyd Kaufman's very first feature length film, we are given the Olympics as they have never been seen before! It's Man Vs. Woman! Who will come out victorious? Will the women finally overthrow the men? Or will the men win again and continue there winning streak?

When I watched this I noticed that there was no timecode on the tape, as the ad said on the Troma Store site that there was. Now 'The Girl Who Returned' is definately not your average Troma flick. Not that that's a bad thing, it's just feels kinda weird seeing a movie directed by Lloyd Kaufman that is truly an art house flick.

Any who, the story is about the women's Olympic team who are training to overthrow the men. The men and women in this story live in two totally different countries that lie side by side. No one has every crossed over to the other besides for the Olympic event. One of the girls is fed up with her women-only country and decides to run away to descover the men. She has never encountered a man before. She finds at first that the men poke fun at her for running away and they tease her. She runs deeper into their country and encounters one man, whom she falls in love with. No one has every felt this before. It is a new feeling to him and to her. Later, he leaves her and she feels betrayed. She runs back home hoping to be excepted again into her own society. She is, and the Olympics are held. So who wins? I can't tell you, you'll have to watch it yourself and find out.

This is a very beautiful black and white film. The cinematography is well shot and the story is really unique. The majority of the film is narrated by a man. Some of the film moves a bit slow, but it adds to the feeling of a society where there are no feelings of true love. Overall this is a good film, but may not please all Troma fans because of the subject and the non-Troma feel to it. But it is definately worth checking out to see how Lloyd has evolved and where he started out from.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars