[A] gracefully jagged movie, made with a nod to master surrealist Luis Buñuel and a high-gloss aesthetic of fashion magazines, face masks and nail varnish.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 24, 2020

There is enormous clarity and control in this film from Mexican director Alejandra Márquez Abella, and a tremendous lead performance from Ilse Salas.

| Jul 24, 2020

It's compelling material, yet oddly toothless as polemic.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 24, 2020

Not since George Cukor's "The Women" has the competitive dynamic among a group of wives been as minutely dissected as here, at least not on the big screen...

| Jun 19, 2019

With this subtle drama about high-society social maneuvering, writer-director Alejandra Márquez Abella essentially transplants Edith Wharton's thematic concerns to Mexico City in 1982.

| Oct 10, 2018

The Good Girls is more like an intentionally overdressed drama than a satirical comedy, while the clearly foretold ending robs the proceedings of any suspense.

| Sep 14, 2018

We've seen this story before, but Abella keeps things interesting with her laser-like focus on set details and Salas's layered performance. The film doesn't go easy on Sofia but still gives Salas room to find her vulnerability.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 11, 2018

Swirling camera work and chronological jumps quietly tighten the screw while the art direction provides continual delight: The Good Girls is, among things, a deliciously precise critique of 1980s fashion.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 11, 2018