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      Girls Town

      R Released Jan 20, 1996 1h 28m Drama List
      85% 26 Reviews Tomatometer 80% 500+ Ratings Audience Score When high school senior Nikki (Aunjanue Ellis) commits suicide, the rest of her outcast friends try to figure out why. They stumble onto her diary and learn she had been raped, a fact that draws the others closer together as they fight through their own personal struggles. Patti (Lili Taylor) has a child with a violent father. Emma (Anna Grace) is also a rape victim. Angela (Bruklin Harris) clashes with a student from another clique. And all aim for a better future amid the turmoil. Read More Read Less

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      Jose D This movie is a beautiful slice of REAL life, and it's really inspiring Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/24 Full Review Steve D I like the story but the directing and script were not as good as other elements. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Loved this movie more each time I saw it. Wish it were available on netflix or something like that. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Haven't seen in a long time! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm really glad I managed to watch this on the last day before it was removed from Netflix streaming. This movie feel so real, even though it's dated. It's equally painful and exhilarating to watch the girls deal with things, sometimes in ways that are unhealthy but they work with what's available to them. Lili Taylor is pretty cool. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member A classic of early American indie realism films. Took forever to be easily available again but it's on Netflix streaming now. The slang and clothing clearly dates but the issues are fairly consistent today and the performances are spot on. (A film about a group of girls in a working class community. Like Foxfire but hewing way closer to home without the gang formation aspect that occasionally came across as vengeful wish-fulfillment.) Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: B Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Emanuel Levy Variety As a male writer-director, McKay proves to be extremely sensitive to the feeling and words of working-class women (Lili Taylor among them), determined to establish their self-worth as well as to fight against the social ills of the oppressive system Rated: B+ Aug 9, 2006 Full Review Desson Thomson Washington Post Taylor, Harris and Grace come up with some watchable, genuine moments. But they're often too involved in themselves; the movie indulges them too much. Jul 24, 2002 Full Review Kathi Maio On the Issues It is outspoken, unpolished, and easily the most realistic movie ever made about the lives of young women. Feb 26, 2020 Full Review Rob Nelson City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul Girls Town Subverts the Patriarchy. Sep 1, 2009 Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice A fresh, funny, and abrasive film about three high school seniors. Rated: 4/5 Jul 25, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis When high school senior Nikki (Aunjanue Ellis) commits suicide, the rest of her outcast friends try to figure out why. They stumble onto her diary and learn she had been raped, a fact that draws the others closer together as they fight through their own personal struggles. Patti (Lili Taylor) has a child with a violent father. Emma (Anna Grace) is also a rape victim. Angela (Bruklin Harris) clashes with a student from another clique. And all aim for a better future amid the turmoil.
      Director
      Jim McKay
      Screenwriter
      Denise Casano, Anna Grace, Jim McKay, Lili Taylor
      Distributor
      October Films
      Production Co
      C-Hundred Film Corp.
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 20, 1996, Original
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $508.7K
      Runtime
      1h 28m
      Sound Mix
      Stereo