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Moxie

2021

Amy Poehler

Hadley Robinson, Lauren Tsai, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Nico Hiraga ...

5.8

1,806

Comedy. Drama Fed up with the sexist and toxic status quo at her high school, a shy 16-year-old finds inspiration from her mother's rebellious past and anonymously publishes a zine that sparks a school-wide, coming-of-rage revolution.

	Author	Review
United States	Tomris Laffly Variety	"Sweet, clear-eyed Gen-Z female empowerment story manages to be just memorable enough through its charming ensemble and refreshingly inclusive political values."	POS
United States	Katie Rife AV Club	"One of the film’s most valuable messages is that the best thing an ally can do is step aside and let marginalized people speak for themselves. But you can still tell a couple well-meaning white ladies wrote the script."	NEU
United Kingdom	Clarisse Loughrey The Independent	"It’s a high-school comedy that dares to hope, without ever being guilty of naivete. And that feels kind of radical (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Inkoo Kang The Hollywood Reporter	"Moxie exists in its own self-contained universe — one that bears little resemblance to our own (...) Jokes are scattered about, but Poehler’s follow-up to 2019’s wispy Wine Country is a thoroughly earnest affair"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The target audience will surely be aware of the canon of superior, funny movies – and they will be baffled to see that Poehler doesn’t want to do something similar (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Patrick Cremona Radio Times	"While it might be packed with familiar tropes, this is managed in a way that feels comfortably familiar rather than overtly clichéd (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"Amy Poehler’s latest try at directing doesn’t land (...) A frustratingly bland young-adult feminist comedy without good jokes, 'Moxie' is a cross between a hokey ’90s family sitcom and a vastly superior teen film (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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