2014
R
Tribeca Films
1 h 31 m

2014
R
Tribeca Films
1 h 31 m

Summary Best friends Lily (Dakota Fanning) and Gerry (Elizabeth Olsen), home for one last New York summer, make a pact to lose their virginity before leaving for college. But when they both fall for the same handsome artist (Boyd Holbrook) and Lily starts seeing him in secret, a lifelong friendship is tested. [Tribeca Film]

Directed By: Naomi Foner

Written By: Naomi Foner

2014
R
Tribeca Films
1 h 31 m

2014
R
Tribeca Films
1 h 31 m

Very Good Girls

Name: Very Good Girls
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2014-07-25
Duration: 1 min 31 s
Rating: 35
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Sterling Jones, Lenny Platt, Boyd Holbrook

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 18 User Ratings

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New York Magazine (Vulture)

Jul 28, 2014

The film never quite reconciles the banality of this love triangle with its far more interesting depiction of the rest of these characters’ lives.

By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW

The A.V. Club

Jul 23, 2014

The casting isn’t all together unconvincing: Olsen and Fanning’s collective ability to project intelligence beyond their years works both ways, allowing them to play both precocious youths and youthful adults. But Very Good Girls catches them in between those stages, and the effect isn’t evocative so much as muddled.

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Slant Magazine

Jul 20, 2014

Most disheartening is how the female leads aren't given ample space to develop as dynamic characters beyond the most urgent confines of the script's scenarios.

By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Jul 24, 2014

Despite a finely wrought lead performance by Dakota Fanning, the drama feels more like the stuff of a mild — and dated — YA novel than an involving exploration of female experience.

By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Jul 22, 2014

Very Good Girls is a film one wants to like but can't. It just doesn't work.

By Chuck Wilson FULL REVIEW

The Dissolve

Jul 22, 2014

Movies about female friendship are rare, so it’s dispiriting when one comes along, then hauls out the same tired plot in which both women fall for the same guy. Very Good Girls can’t even blame rampant film-industry sexism, as it was written and directed by Naomi Foner, making her directorial debut after many years as a screenwriter.

By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW

Variety

Jun 7, 2014

The screenplay is so vapid and cliched, and the casting so terrible, that viewers may wind up entertaining themselves with other thoughts.

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Production Company Herrick Entertainment, Groundswell Productions

Release Date Jul 25, 2014

Duration 1 h 31 m

Rating R

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Tagline When we lose our innocence, we have to find ourselves.

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