| Original Score: B+ | Sep 7, 2011

Though the main charcater is lesbian, Sichel's gritty youth melodrama is so rich in ideas amd so roght in its texture that it goes beyond a coming-out ot even a lesbian-themed story.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 29, 2006

Given great lyrical force by Folland, it comes closer to unlocking the secret lives of girls than any other recent American movie.

Full Review | Oct 3, 2002

Sichel is just great with her cast.

| Feb 14, 2001

It succeeds beautifully at capturing the inner life of girls.

| Jan 1, 2000

Its blunt reprocessing of contemporary sacred cows in film realism ... rings false, the work of a user opting out of the imagination business.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

A confident first feature.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Less successful at portraying indecision than it is at inducing boredom.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Sichel strips her story to the essential, offering a film that's tough, compassionate and true.

| Jan 1, 2000

It's a movie for riot grrrls of all ages.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 25, 1997