Very Good Girls
Tribeca Film | Release Date: July 25, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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0
Mixed:
6
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJul 28, 2014
The film never quite reconciles the banality of this love triangle with its far more interesting depiction of the rest of these characters’ lives. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJul 24, 2014
You can only imagine how much stronger the movie might have been had it fleshed out subsidiary dramas whose outlines are barely discernible. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerJul 23, 2014
The casting isn’t all together unconvincing: Olsen and Fanning’s collective ability to project intelligence beyond their years works both ways, allowing them to play both precocious youths and youthful adults. But Very Good Girls catches them in between those stages, and the effect isn’t evocative so much as muddled. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineClayton DillardJul 20, 2014
Most disheartening is how the female leads aren't given ample space to develop as dynamic characters beyond the most urgent confines of the script's scenarios. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJul 24, 2014
The only real reason to see it is for a luminous leading turn from Dakota Fanning as Brooklyn teen Lilly. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenJul 24, 2014
Despite a finely wrought lead performance by Dakota Fanning, the drama feels more like the stuff of a mild — and dated — YA novel than an involving exploration of female experience. Read full review
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