Girls Rock!
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  • Summary: At Rock 'n' Roll Camp, girls ranging in age from eight to 18 are taught that it's OK to sweat like a pig, scream like a banshee, whale on their instruments with complete and utter abandon, and that "it is 100% okay to be exactly who you are." The girls have a week to select a band, an instrument they may have never played before, and write a song. In between, they are taught by indie-rock chicks such as Carrie Brownstein from Sleater-Kinney various lessons of empowerment from self-defense to anger management. At the end of the week, all the bands perform a concert for more than 700 people. The film follows several campers: Laura, a Korean adoptee obsessed by death metal; Misty, who is emerging from a life of meth addiction, homelessness, and gang activity; and Amelia, an eight-year-old who writes experimental rock songs about her dog Pipi. What happens to the girls as they are given a temporary reprieve from being sexualized, analyzed, and pressured to conform is truly moving and revolutionary. (Shadow Distribution)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 10 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    The camp runs for a week in a warehouse in Oregon. What the girls might lack in musical talent and experience they make up for with infectious energy. Watch your tattooed butt, Amy Winehouse!
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    75
    A must-see both for girls and the grownups who love them.
  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    75
    How are girls supposed to behave in a culture that tells them they're Disney princesses for the first 12 years and sex toys after that? Girls Rock! has one answer: Strap on a Fender and rage against the machine.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    60
    Though Girls Rock! is nothing if not well meaning, it doesn't always feel like the best possible film on the subject.

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  1. AdamV
    7
    Girls Rock! It's not incredible documentary film making, but the subjects are funny and interesting. The final concert scene is great.

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