Because the film’s character dynamics are so well fleshed out early into the story, we feel the comradeship permeating the screen. It joins earlier films from this year like Booksmart and Hustlers as a championing of sisterhood.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 14, 2024

a celebration of female strength, told in a way that never comes close to being trite or patronising.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Feb 17, 2022

Exuberant teenage story about decidedly grown-up issues

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 29, 2021

Gavron's film moves through a series of genuine moments to more gritty stuff with absolute ease.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 16, 2021

Not only thoughtful, empathetic and heartfelt, but also offering a very familiar genre a fresh perspective.

| Apr 3, 2021

The extraordinary thing about this movie-and it is extraordinary-is how real the kids feel.

| Mar 18, 2021

Authentic, small, and deeply humane

| Original Score: B | Feb 14, 2021

If you've lived in a city, you've seen these girls; you've been these girls. You can't help but feel the warmth of nostalgia as you watch Rocks and her friends trying to find the joy in a world that is so often against them.

| Feb 14, 2021

The hope that remains at the end of the film may be tinged with melancholy and a need for acceptance, but it remains, like Rocks, steadfast and believable.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 14, 2021

A compassionate, finely observed portrait of a young woman's gradual breaking down, as the usual buffers, including brotherly love and friendships, strain under her crushing responsibility.

| Feb 14, 2021

There are some moments where the group of working-class girls seem genuine and honest. At other times, the film is a bit dull and takes on the character of a middle-class morality tale, almost a cinematic finger-wagging.

| Feb 14, 2021

Raw, heartbreaking and fresh.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 10, 2021

Teeming with an infectious effervescence, the adolescent coming-of-age drama "Rocks" differentiates itself from other recent explorations of modern girlhood set amid immigrant communities.

| Feb 1, 2021

It's not always a smooth ride, but it's richly humane.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 28, 2021

The cast led by Bukky Bakray and Kosar Ali are unbelievably charming and infectious. In a just world, these rockstars would become household names.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 8, 2020

There isn't a false note.

| Dec 3, 2020

Rocks is an exceptional film that is equally beautiful and heart-wrenching without ever feeling manipulative.

| Dec 1, 2020

A lovely, persuasive, and heartfelt film about teenage friendships and what family really means.

| Dec 1, 2020

Rocks speaks wisely and without judgment towards anyone of any age who has found themselves in a desperate situation.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Nov 24, 2020

I was touched by the absolute matter-of-fact multiculturalism.

| Oct 8, 2020