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Danny L Amazing portrayal of the teenage girl experience in America. I related hard to this, even though there were some marked regional differences. A lot of the bad reviews I see for this documentary feel like we got the point of the movie, but decided "this isn't my truth (how I want reality to be, so I hate it)" Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/14/24 Full Review David F I usually love these cinema verité documentaries about teenagers (like American Teen (2008), Seventeen (1983), and Medora (2013), to name a few), and this one promised to be an x-ray into teenagers circa 2019 in small town Texas but it was just too decontextualized and too impressionistic to make much of an impression. There were a couple of scenes that were really interesting (like a romantic breakup, and a family shouting match) but I realized that I just didn't seem to know enough about these people to quite make sense of how those events fit into their lives. The movie has some revelations about modern life and it has some beautiful Western cinematography but as a documentary about teenagers it wasn't all it could be. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/01/23 Full Review Ian M A masterpiece. Subtle, sophisticated, well observed. Incredibly uncomfortable, but important to watch. Deeply empathetic. A must see. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/05/23 Full Review kelly l Such an interesting slice of life. So hard to feel comfortable through this film, but it is what is happening in our teenager's lives Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything and complaining that life is so different for our teenagers isn't solving anything. Great way to start a conversation with our own children. Great documentary. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review john m Painfully sad and depressing pseudo-documentary. Around the 30% mark, I had to start jumping forward in one-minute jumps because there is zero narrative or story here or attempting to show any growth whatsoever. It's simply four girls living day-to-day in a run-down town, living lower-middle-class lives with next to zero parental supervision and apparently, the little there is are either sexually abusing the girls or too concerned with their own problems. We get to see the three mid-to-late teen females doing their best remain sane in what is a deeply depressing environment. Several decades ago they might have been living in run-down trailers, however, in the 2020's with cell phones, video games, easily available alcohol, weed, and who knows what the white powder is, it is amazing they are as mentally balanced as they appear in the film. Interest in school or a job is hardly mentioned, if at all. It's truly a tough watch. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review barry m We follow three dull, going-nowhere teenaged girls in a dull, going-nowhere town. One would hope that somewhere along the way, they would see a glimpse of something bigger than their circumstances. Nope. In their future we see nothing more than more beer, more pot, more rapey sex, and more disappointment. The whole thing made me want to dip myself into a vat of sanitizer. There, I feel better now! Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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