One of the realest pre-social-media tales of young women banding against sexual assault, bonding over their own sexual identity, stepping into personal power. The only reason this film as a low rating on IMDB is from men who watched it hoping to find an exhilarating lezzy flick but instead found something that successfully challenges male power.
The most important moments feel real enough to touch, getting lost in these young incredible actors.
Please don't call this movie a "coming of age" tale; its content is stuff that most people don't experience in their whole lifetimes. It's closer to stories that many women have in their 20's, superimposed here on teens for a bigger emotional punch.
Plus, for those of us who were too young to relate to its content when it was released, but old enough to remember what living in 1996 was like, it's a perfect nostalgic rewind and rethink.
The most important moments feel real enough to touch, getting lost in these young incredible actors.
Please don't call this movie a "coming of age" tale; its content is stuff that most people don't experience in their whole lifetimes. It's closer to stories that many women have in their 20's, superimposed here on teens for a bigger emotional punch.
Plus, for those of us who were too young to relate to its content when it was released, but old enough to remember what living in 1996 was like, it's a perfect nostalgic rewind and rethink.