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Very Good Girls

2013

Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal

Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Boyd Holbrook, Demi Moore ...

4.9

471

Romance. Drama Best friends—introspective Lilly and free-spirited Gerry—spend their last summer at home in New York City before parting ways for college. The girls meet Brooklyn boy David, whom they both fall for, and Lilly soon begins a secret relationship with him. As Lilly’s home life falls apart after she discovers her father’s affair and Gerry becomes more obsessed with David, Lilly seeks solace in her first romance. However, a tragedy in Gerry’s ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"The film rings false at almost every turn despite its naturalistic performances. Lacking emotional substance, it comes off as far too studied in its subdued intensity"	NEG
United States	Alissa Simon Variety	"The screenplay is so vapid and cliched, and the casting so terrible, that viewers may wind up entertaining themselves with other thoughts: For instance, how can Fanning be so unnaturally pale?"	NEG
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"A drama that feels like an old person's idea of what young people are like (...) a random, too self-serious collection of teen summer memories (...) Rating: ★ (out of four)"	NEG

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