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The Archer

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A competitive archer is sent to a prison-like reform camp for girls but escapes with the help of a new friend.
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Dennis Harvey Variety 03/14/2017
"The Archer" is decently enough staged, paced, and acted, though it's never gritty or shocking enough to risk being taken as seriously as it sometimes seems to demand. Go to Full Review
Dan Gentile Austin Chronicle 03/13/2017
Succeeds as a gripping action flick with a bloody conclusion that will leave audiences quietly pumping their fists, Go to Full Review
Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh 05/12/2023
4/5
Both entertaining as genre fare, telling a thrilling story of survival, and in teaching teens a thing or two about the difficulties of doing what’s right. Go to Full Review
Allen Almachar The MacGuffin 07/17/2020
B-
As a low budget crime thriller, it's not bad - to expect anything more might be pushing it. Go to Full Review
Matt Oakes Silver Screen Riot 11/05/2018
C-
Weiss' budget restricts The Archer's action sequences to feeling sallow and slapdash, almost sad, with wide camera angles that only serve to highlight the limitations of the production. 
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Aaron Peterson The Hollywood Outsider 10/10/2018
6.5/10
Anchored by Bailey Noble's breakout performance, The Archer is a lean and tense thriller that rarely lets up. Go to Full Review
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06/28/2020 This is a great lesbian, female empowerment movie, and aside from that, it's a great movie. The story line is wonderfully written, even if the premise is a little ridiculous. The biggest problems with this movie is the pervy scenes, and I'm not against them: there's just very little to pick apart. With a higher budget, this could easily be a blockbuster without losing the original story. I really enjoyed this, will watch again, and can recommend. See more 06/09/2020 Great Movie, loved the actress See more 11/10/2019 I just wasted of my time to watch this movie See more 09/20/2018 Disturbing. Reminded me a bit of The Hunger Games. See more 07/26/2017 The Archer is a thrilling queer story, taking a ripped from the headlines case "cash-for-kids" and shining a light on a corrupt judicial system in support of mass incarceration of young people. Director Valerie Weiss has crafted a compelling film with young characters that engage and empower the audience. From the very first scene before The Archer can even draw back her bow we know Lauren Pierce (Bailey Noble) is a force to be reckoned with. A champion archer, Lauren after leading her team to victory retreats back to her hotel room for a night of celebratory drinking with her crush Emily. The two girls drunken exuberance turns romantic but is quickly interrupted by Emily's abusive boyfriend showing up unannounced. Violence ensues forcing Lauren to intervene in defense of Emily. Sending the boyfriend to the hospital and landing Lauren a one-way trip to Paradise Pines. Paradise Pines is a youth prison that dispenses physical and psychological abuse on a daily bassist to young girls whose crimes rage from petty theft to flipping off their math teacher. Their Lauren meets Rebecca, Jeanie Mason (FOX's So You Think You Can Dance) a rebellious prisoner who has escaped multiple times only to be caught and subjected to degrading retribution at the hands of the masochistic warden Bob Patrice, Bill Sage (AWOL) and his pervy son Michael played by Michael Grant Terry (Bones). Lauren and Rebecca must team up and make a break for it if they want to expose the facility's criminal undertakings. The Archer is an edge of your seat action thriller lesbian audiences have been waiting for. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A competitive archer is sent to a prison-like reform camp for girls but escapes with the help of a new friend.
Director
Valerie Weiss
Producer
Ruth Du
Screenwriter
Casey Schroen
Production Co
MarVista Entertainment
Genre
Action, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 24, 2017
Runtime
1h 26m
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