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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 58Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerSee the film, if you must, for Mara, who will be starring in the upcoming Hollywood remake of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." She's a sharp, vigilant actress whose career bears watching.
- The result isn't bad, it just lacks momentum and a strong reason for existing.
- An uneven drama set at a girls' boarding school, rarely rises above the generic, though its atmosphere of coddled young people indulging themselves in opulent surroundings is palpably authentic.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearIf Gregorini and Von Furstenberg's goal was to construct a cinematic Sunday Styles spread of the plaid-skirt-and-tie crowd, then kudos. As filmmakers, however, these two have some serious growing up of their own to do.
- 40Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerFrom hairstyles and clothes to autumnal-hued cinematography and a raft of clichéd incidents involving pills, suicide, sneaking out, and blackmail, everything feels dainty to the point of stale.
- 40Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyLos Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyThe better moments are fleeting. More often, the film feels flat-footed, and the story plays out as you'd expect. Long before Tanner Hall ends, you may well find yourself wishing for the final bell.
- 40New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMost of the actresses are appealing, but ultimately not even the gifted Mara can keep the film from feeling like a gauzy portrait of privilege.
- 38Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerFrancesca Gregorini and Tatiana von Furstenberg's film is episodic, but the episodes don't achieve any kind of cumulative effect.
- 38New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA great-looking but wearyingly cliched and confusing vanity production.