Review of Very Good Girls (2013) by Private U — 06 Aug 2014

Unfortunately the talented cast is wasted in this film and not even my appreciation for Dakota Fanning engaged me. I didn't even like her character very much here and much less the rest of the cast.

I was amazed to see how little Demi Moore and Richard Dreyfuss were used in this film; there could have been a better movie somewhere if they were given more importance. The lack of personality from any character just makes this film even more boring and tedious.

There have been so many good coming of age films over the past year that this film simply fails to reach the bar that was set so high by Kings of Summer, The Way Way Back, and The Spectacular Now. This could have been an opportunity for two strong female leads but they simply didn't have much to work with.