Writer/director Lukas Moodysson adapts his wife's graphic novel into a heartfelt look at three teenagers who have not yet come of age but are on their way.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 8, 2021

The crowd with which I saw it last November was positively vibrating the whole time. The title does not lie.

| Mar 4, 2021

An infectiously joyous coming-of-age story.

| Jan 22, 2021

It's the details of the journey that matter in this good-natured film. Bobo, Klara, and Hedwig's story of Sweden's finest teenage girl punk band will feel universal to everyone who has ever set out to prove that punk won't die on their watch.

| Jan 8, 2020

We Are the Best (Vi är bast) sports a cocksure swagger in its title alone, and rightfully so. It is a boisterous rejoinder to the usual simplistic, tame depiction of adolescent girls.

| Original Score: A | Aug 6, 2019

Moodysson's film is hard to dislike, and while it puts more emphasis on the light in light-hearted, We Are The Best! is time well spent.

| Original Score: 7.4/10 | Jun 19, 2019

We Are the Best is a warm-hearted crowd and critics pleaser about coming of age, and female friendship that passes the Bechdel Test.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 6, 2019

Expertly combining a youthful desire for agency and rebellion with the death throes of the Swedish punk movement, it's a heart-warming tale with three captivating performances from its young female leads.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 20, 2019

We Are The Best isn't quite as sharp or funny as [Lukas Moodysson's] two previous films. Still, the film is delightful and, like Moodysson's other films, has special insight into the lives of adolescent girls.

| Mar 13, 2019

Befitting the plucky spirit and gaucheness of his three protagonists, Moodysson keeps the scenario simple, avoiding the temptation to overly determine and politicise the story

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 20, 2018

The casting could not have been better, and considering this is the feature film debut for all three actors, it amplifies the film's authenticity and heart.

| Nov 8, 2018

In the end it's just three girls on a stage, together, and they really are the best.

| Aug 28, 2018

Their punk band's big song is called "Hate the Sport!" and it's about how terrible gym class is. I'm grinning right now remembering the scenes... I loved every minute of it.

| Aug 7, 2018

Unfortunately, [director Lukas] Moodysson's main attempt to create drama falls flat.

| Feb 16, 2018

The insightful and cracklingly funny story is an antidote to Hannah Montana and the shallow Hollywood teenagers on the Disney Channel, obsessed by their French manicures.

| Dec 31, 2017

The film becomes a funny and amiable chronicle of female friendship, capturing the wide range of emotions from sky-highs to world-ending lows, from trust to betrayal and the inevitable making-up.

| Sep 26, 2017

[We are the Best] is a warm, spirited and uplifting film about teen rebellion.

| Sep 7, 2017

What makes [We Are the Best!] so wonderful, is that these girls are very much their own people: tough to categorize, unlike anyone you've seen on-screen before, but completely recognizable.

| Aug 14, 2017

Hilarious, touching, and thought provoking, this is a joyous celebration of punk music, female friendship, and, most of all, 13-year-old girls.

| Oct 5, 2016

We Are the Best! wins its audience over fairly quickly with its chaotic and energetic spirit.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 6, 2016