Watch: Kristen Wiig, Alexander Skarsgård, & Bel Powley Star In The New U.K. Trailer For ‘Diary Of A Teenage Girl’

Sundance 2015 was full of quirky coming of age tales with dark edges, and perhaps no film better represents that description than Marielle Heller’s “The Diary Of A Teenage Girl.” While it may sound a little twee — it has animated segments within, it’s based on a YA graphic novel, etc. — ‘Diary’ is far from “The Fault In Our Stars” and “Paper Towns.” And as a rather frank and unflinching R-Rated movie with some very well-handled adult themes, Heller’s film is much more mature and unvarnished than most happy-go-lucky bildungsroman movies.

And it handles icky subject matter quite well, so much so that it’s arguably one of the better movies made for teenage girls grappling with sexuality, burgeoning womanhood and a general awakening to the world (here’s our review). Starring newcomer Bel Powley in a big breakout performance, as well as Kristen Wiig and Alexander Skarsgard, “The Diary Of A Teenage Girl” centers on a teenager growing up in the late 1970s San Francisco who...