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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Micransix

Crappy film

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ThedevilChoose

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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Bob

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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TxMike

We watched this at home on DVD from our public library.It isn't a great movie but it has some interesting elements. The ages of the main actors were a bit disconcerting, Fanning was 18, Olsen was 23, and Holbrook was 31 during filming.Dakota Fanning is Lilly, good daughter, eldest of three, preparing to graduate and go off to Yale. Her parents are Psychiatrists, with offices in their home, they seem well-off. Lilly has a job, she is a guide for boat tours of the New York Harbor areas.Her best friend, almost like a sister, is Elizabeth Olsen as Gerri. At some point nearing the end of their senior year they discuss not wanting to graduate and go off to college still as virgins.While at the beach in the summer they encounter Boyd Holbrook as David, an aspiring photographic artist, operating an ice cream stand. The two friends talk to him, everyone goes on their way.As it turns out each girl makes contact again with David, but for most of the movie the other doesn't know about it. Lilly gets very involved, she and David sleep together often. Gerri lies about sleeping with David, it turns out he is faithful to Lilly but her doubts cause her to treat them badly.The summer is ending, David decides to head to Paris to pursue his photography, Lilly and Gerri make up, life goes on. Just a slice of life story, teenage girls trying to figure out adult life and where it may lead them.Not a bad movie but not particularly memorable.

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twilliams76

Very Good Girls has somehow managed to get a truly noteworthy and remarkable cast in spite of being a most mediocre, humdrum and unremarkable film itself.The movie is about two best girl friends during their last summer together in New York before they go off to two different colleges in the fall. As the title implies, they've been "Very Good Girls" in high school and are not overly experienced in some aspects of life making them conclude that they should lose their virginity before heading off to school. Their friendship is tested over the summer by various things -- work, family, uncertainty, tragedy -- but most of all by their mutual attraction to a handsome street artist they meet and befriend.Dakota Fanning (I Am Sam) and Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) play besties Lily and Gerry with Boyd Holbrook (Milk) playing their object of affection who ends up favoring one of the girls to the other. Fanning and Olsen are two of the best young working actresses in Hollywood today and I do not question their talent at all; but Olsen's five year age differential is highly apparent here making the casting in this film ever-so-slightly distracting. Richard Dreyfus (Jaws), Ellen Barkin (Sea of Love), Clark Gregg (The Avengers) and Demi Moore (Ghost) play parents of the two girls while Peter Sarsgaard (An Education) co-stars as Lily's boss and Kiernan Shipka (Sally in 'Mad Men') as her younger sister.The first-time director, Naomi Foner, just happens to be the mother of the Gyllenhaal siblings (Jake and Maggie) which most likely helps explain why this talented cast (Sarsgaard is Foner's son-in-law) signed onto such a pedestrian, over-done script. The story is nothing special -- and has been told many times -- but the acting in Very Good Girls is "Very Good" and solid. Everyone involved here is singularly better than the film as a whole.

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cnycitylady

Very Good Girls is a coming of age story that touches on friendship, family, love and discovering when it's okay to indulge in yourself. Nothing new there, amIright? The mood is set fairly early on, kicking off the 'best friends forever' feel.Elizabeth Olsen and Dakota Fanning have great chemistry, and there is nothing stopping you from believing that they truly are best friends, which really plays into the story when you witness a 'betrayal' of some kind. Although you fall in love with the sweetness of the romance that blossoms you cannot help but 'tisk, tisk' at the surreptitious actions of this 'friend.'The movie keeps your attention all throughout it although you're not sure what you want to come of the story. The build up to the ending is perfectly paced and the performances are spectacular. Dakota Fanning delivers yet again and Elizabeth Olsen is letting it known that she is an actress to reckon with. 7.4/10

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Johan Dondokambey

The story focuses on Lily, who is best friends with Jerry, is leaving for college after next summer. They both pledge to loose their virginity before that. At the beach one day, they meet a man, David. Jerry displays her interest while Lily stands calm, but David seems to like Lily more. Lily and David gets close up to the point that the have sex, without Jerry knowing. One day, Jerry's father died. Knowing that Jerry likes David, she asks him to go and see her. While there, Jerry asks David to make love to her. Jerry tells Lily that she and David had sex. Lily then starts avoiding David, even as he ask her to tell the truth to Jerry that she sent him to Jerry's place. One day Jerry leaves for Paris, and Lily goes to see him. Before going, David kisses her and Jerry sees that. Jerry confronts her and she tells the whole truth. Jerry gets upset because Lily plays God on her by 'throwing' David at her. On the day Lily goes to move to college, Jerry comes, and the two are friends again.Maye it's a culture difference issue, but for me the basic premise is quite alarming for me, that the two girls pledge to loose their virginity just like that. The good thing about the movie is the story is quite intricate, though it's based on quite an alarming premise. The story develops well from a simple story about friendship and relationship, to one of ambivalent betrayal then to reconciliation. The pace built by the scenes and editing is quite good, one of a medium tempo, not so fast yet not so slow.The acting is nice. Dakota Fanning did a good job in keeping her calm character like on almost all of her roles, while at the same time she is still able to have a go at heated dialogs. Elizabeth Olsen nails a great performance portraying a carefree girl. She did amazing at adding a soft New Yorker accent to sweeten the character she plays. Having Demi Moore, Peter Sarsgaard, and Clark Gregg also add a nice touch to the whole movie.The costumes are nice, they can steal the attention with nicely picked color mixes. Ge soundtracks are especially nice, they help to build the swinging yet slowed down mood of almost the entire movie. Shooting in New York, this movie is able to portray the city as one not so crowded, a far cry from the actual thing, I guess.My final say is that this movie earns a nice 6 out of 10 score, though a recommendation is not going to pass from me. Personally I think this movie suits more of a couch entertainment than a cinema movie.

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