A handsomely mounted but strangely prosaic period piece.
Overview
Set in the 1950s, a a group of young girls in upstate New York form their own gang.
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Top critics, in their words
There's a ... sense that the drama based on Joyce Carol Oates' 1950-set novel is being explored by young women actually living the experiences of pushing back against a world they feel is determined to hold them down.
In lesser hands, the same story could feel like a misguided, girl-power exploitation flick.
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