Quick take: The Girlfriend has an honest narrative and doesn't glorify toxic relationships either. But it lacks a much-needed rigour and gets monotonous after a certain point.While watching The Girlfriend, the audience would instantly recall the vibe, script and online debates that filmmaker Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Arjun Reddy (2017) had sparked upon its release. Two years later, when the "cult" hit was remade as Kabir Singh in Hindi, the conversations only got more intense and polarized.