Very Good Girls
Very Good Girls
R | 22 January 2013 (USA)
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Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time.

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Hellen

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Stoutor

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

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Neive Bellamy

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

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Calum Hutton

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

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mhook-10752

I thought this movie was great, it's a good chick flick with sad moments and happy moments in it. This movie was full a great performances mainly by Dakota Fanning. I was surprised about the bad ratings people said about this movie, the movie is average but that doesn't mean it's bad its a good movie to watch with one of your girl-friends that like chick flicks or something that is nice to watch on your own.I highly recommend watching this movie of coming of age girls in New York city who want to lose there virginity over the summer before going into college, I find this movie very interesting that can put tears in your eyes and a smile on your face!

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SnoopyStyle

Lilly (Dakota Fanning) and Gerri (Elizabeth Olsen) are two best friends on their last summer before college. They meet David (Boyd Holbrook) selling ice cream at the beach who takes Lilly's picture as they walk away. Lilly catches her father cheating with one of his patients. Gerri is infatuated with David. Lilly also likes David but she can't tell Gerri. Lilly works on a ferry tour under the lecherous eyes of her boss Fitzsimmons (Peter Sarsgaard). I want to like this movie for the two leads. There is just something unoriginal and outdated about this movie. In fact, I thought this is a period piece at first. The writing is so uninspired. Naomi Foner is the writer and director. I don't really have any big problems with her directions. It looks fine especially for her debut. The writing doesn't have anything compelling to say. The story meanders. There is a tired feel about everything in this movie. This should be a better coming-of-age movie for two skilled actresses. The story throws a lot of stuff on the screen but nothing actually sticks.

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Max Renn

It's interesting to watch what happens to child stars, usually not much or they need to totally rebuild their carriers. Of course there are a whole lot of actors who think they have enough money already and don't have the will to build their carrier. Thankfully that wasn't Dakota Fanning despite the fact that I doubt she had any money problems when she turned 18. She started building a carrier in low budget films, mainly ones that teetering on the edge of being called art films. In a few films she even goes so far as really acting well like Now is Good and The Runaways. Even her role in Twilight was kind of one of the better ones. So it's kind of self evident that she would be in a film like Very Good Girls. It has a low budget and it's a romantic coming of age story. Plus she teamed up with someone worthy Elisabeth Olsen, who unlike her sisters is very talented. The film is credited to a new director, who has a few outstanding scripts but is new to directing. The story: Two New York City girls pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time. David plasters his photo-based graffiti art all over the neighborhood while yearning to take off and see Paris for real instead of just looking at pictures. The two girls' families complicate a bunch of things too. The film is similar in a lot of was to the genius The Way Way Back. The biggest difference though is that the love story is about a boy. I like the types of films that are about the hardest time in becoming an adult. First loves, families, coming of age. Unfortunately they don't make enough of them, but at least what is made is high quality. Just like this one. I think more films like this should be made, ones that will make a 14 year old think a little and not making it that their greatest entertainment is films with fart jokes. The films basic concept isn't too complicated, but it doesn't need to be, the point is the message and the characters. The message is a good one, of course it's not a new concept because many many moons ago a film came out called Stand by Me and we heard this message there. The characters and the actors were good. All the characters were likable, but maybe they could have been more developed. The director did his job well. I doubt the film will be making a lot of money, but that usually doesn't decide a films quality. All in all Very Good Girls is a pretty good film, but there were a few missed opportunities. With a little more character development, a little more drama and making their idiot family more prominent it could have been a great film. 6/10 https://www.youtube.com/user/Videodromeblog

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Tony Heck

"I just wanted to make you feel better. You liked him so much." Lilly (Fanning) and Gerri (Olsen) have been best friends for years and have just graduated high school. Both are on their way to college and neither want to go there as virgins. They decide to make a pact with each other that they will both lose it before they leave. Things are going along fine until they meet and start to like the same boy. This is a plot that has been done to death. Usually though the movie is a comedy and this is a drama. The one thing this does have going for it that the others don't is great actors. The acting alone is enough to keep this from becoming too cheesy or cookie-cutter like. The movie is very predictable and again is something you have seen a hundred times but Fanning and Olsen together are a great team. There are moments that make you cry and make you angry but overall this is a movie that will give you a good feeling. Overall a movie that who's plot has been done to death but the acting makes it feel fresh. A very good coming of age movie that teen girls should watch to show what is really important in life. I give this a high B+.

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