Very Good Girls (2013)

Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time.

Director:

Naomi Foner

Writer:

Naomi Foner

Stars:

Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Sterling Jones

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dakota Fanning	...	Lilly
Elizabeth Olsen	...	Gerri
Sterling Jones	...	Beach Boy
Lenny Platt	...	Beach Boy
Boyd Holbrook	...	David
Ellen Barkin	...	Norma
Kiernan Shipka	...	Eleanor
Clare Foley	...	Phoebe
Roslyn Curry	...	Joy
Clark Gregg	...	Edward
Demi Moore	...	Kate
Richard Dreyfuss	...	Danny
Owen Campbell	...	Karl
Peter Sarsgaard	...	Fitzsimmons
Brandin Steffesen	...	Dancer

Storyline

The summer before college presents two best friends, Lilly and Gerri, with the opportunity to shed their good girl images. Both girls want to lose their virginity and explore another side of who they are. But their dark and different home lives and the introduction of a bad boy, threaten to destroy their friendship without it being the nice coming-of-age summer that the two girls envisioned.

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Plot Keywords:

banjo | eraser | drawing | mirror | looking at oneself in a mirror | 

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Taglines:

When we lose our innocence, we have to find ourselves.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and sexual content

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 June 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bakhourot tovot

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Herrick Entertainment,Groundswell Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Lily's boss is named Fitzsimmons. Clark Gregg stars in Marvel's Agents of Shield, where two characters, Agents Fitz and Simmons, are commonly referred to as "Fitz-Simmons".

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Goofs

When Lilly comes home from the beach at the beginning of the movie, she tells her mother that she had gone to Brighton Beach. Her sister expresses surprise that she had gone all the way to Rockaway. Rockaway is nowhere near Brighton Beach.

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Quotes

Danny: [at the grill] Ladies and gentlemen can we have a little attention, please? Can we have your attention? Uh, we're about to commence the cooking ritual, as they used to say in the International Workers of the World, by any means necessary.
[pumping a fist]
Danny: And so I think we need a sacrifice. So is there a virgin here?

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Connections

References Saturday Night Live (1975)

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Soundtracks

You Are What You Love
Written and Performed by Jenny Lewis
Courtesy of Team Love Records
By arrangement with Bank Robber Music

User Reviews

I didn't get what I wanted. In two words: Not satisfying

I was expecting much more from this than I got when I finished watching it.

Being a long time fan of Dakota Fanning, as I suspect her performances are far above the average from girls her age and especially from her era, I was very excited to see her in a more 'mature' type of movie.

Well, I can't really say I was disappointed with the acting from the cast. I guess even that guy who played the street artist was o.k. but I was not satisfied with the development of the film. The movie was slow and then when it was almost finishing they threw it all at once and maybe it was a ~surprising~ ending once I wasn't expecting it but I was not pleased as I thought it rather silly, to be quite honest.

They were dealing with an adult theme at first which requires an adult reaction from all of the circumstances dealt in the movie and then at the very ending of it they just decided to wrap it all up with a rather silly reaction from the characters so us 'the public/audience' would be happy and content. Just typically clichè Hollywood ending while I would have preferred a million times a more realistic type of closing I guess.

And I just say so because this looks to me as an Indie film in which we generally get a more human response to human emotions played on screen (as well as in foreign films).

Of course, I know the old saying 'you can't always get what you want' but I think it's unfair to the public if they promote the movie a certain way and the final result is completely different from that. I mean that even in what concerns the trailer, the poster, every single advertising thing they do. It just has to be fair to their final public otherwise you can't even trust the filmmakers anymore because they are obviously just thinking about an easy way to cash in at your expenses.

I can't really give you more details because I'd have to tell you how it ends but watch it if you really feel like, it's NOT a complete waste of time because as I've said the characters are well portrayed by the whole cast and I can positively say now that I'll keep looking for more Dakota Fanning and Liz Olsen works in the future, they are far above the average and always deserving a much larger recognition for their roles in almost everything they do. 6/10