Set in the 1950s upstate New York, the film tells the story of a group of proto-feminist teens whose rebellious exploits yield disastrous consequences after they form their own gang.
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26 February 1967, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
13 November 1965, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
22 June 1960, Montréal, Québec, Canada
2 November 1984, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
26 December 1989, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
11 September 1989, Toronto
18 August 1990, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
20 August 1981, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
6 October 1954, Villamagna, Italy
August 12, 2013
The acting is often frighteningly good, and a little coda set some years later is fascinating.
August 06, 2013
In lesser hands, the same story could feel like a misguided, girl-power exploitation flick.
May 16, 2014
It builds a rather convoluted bridge to nowhere.
May 16, 2014
A handsomely mounted but strangely prosaic period piece.
September 03, 2013
It's a fascinating story packed with vivid characters, but the pacing is so meandering that the story never builds any momentum at all.
August 08, 2013
With the grim, ineluctable logic of resistance movements - the logic of mission creep and self-fulfilling vows of fanaticism - the girls move from non-conformism to violent confrontation, from empowerment to their and others' endangerment.
August 08, 2013
The passion and sincerity of the performers carries the day.
August 09, 2013
Individual performances range from striking to self-aware, with interaction often hesitant - a drawback in a story predicated on female unity.
August 12, 2013
Gifted filmmaker Cantet (The Class) packs this fascinating story with vivid characters, but fails to shape the narrative into something that holds our attention
August 08, 2013
There's a certain ragged sincerity to the enterprise, but as a feminist tract it relies too much on repetitive blunt force, and as a piece of film-making it's often wearyingly drab.
May 15, 2014
There's a ... sense that the drama based on Joyce Carol Oates' 1950-set novel is being explored by young women actually living the experiences of pushing back against a world they feel is determined to hold them down.
August 13, 2013
Tighter editing could have elevated this from a respectable adaptation into something with an incisive edge, but at least it's a better take on the book than the misguided 1996 version ...
