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Very Good Girls

  • 20132013
  • RR
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
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Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen in Very Good Girls (2013)
Home for one last New York summer, best friends Lily and Gerry make a pact to lose their virginity before leaving for college, but when they both fall for the same handsome artist and Lily starts seeing him in secret, a lifelong friendship is tested.
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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 te... Read allTwo 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.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.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
15K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,893
880
  • Director
    • Naomi Foner
  • Writer
    • Naomi Foner
  • Stars
    • Dakota Fanning
    • Elizabeth Olsen
    • Sterling Jones
Top credits
  • Director
    • Naomi Foner
  • Writer
    • Naomi Foner
  • Stars
    • Dakota Fanning
    • Elizabeth Olsen
    • Sterling Jones
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    • 33User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
    • 35Metascore
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    Dakota Fanning and Boyd Holbrook in Very Good Girls (2013)
    Elizabeth Olsen and Boyd Holbrook in Very Good Girls (2013)
    Elizabeth Olsen in Very Good Girls (2013)
    Dakota Fanning in Very Good Girls (2013)
    Elizabeth Olsen and Boyd Holbrook in Very Good Girls (2013)
    Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen in Very Good Girls (2013)
    Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen at an event for Very Good Girls (2013)
    Dakota Fanning at an event for Very Good Girls (2013)
    Elizabeth Olsen at an event for Very Good Girls (2013)
    Dakota Fanning, Naomi Foner, Elizabeth Olsen, and Boyd Holbrook at an event for Very Good Girls (2013)
    Boyd Holbrook at an event for Very Good Girls (2013)
    Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen at an event for Very Good Girls (2013)

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    Dakota Fanning
    Dakota Fanning
    • Lillyas Lilly
    Elizabeth Olsen
    Elizabeth Olsen
    • Gerrias Gerri
    Sterling Jones
    Sterling Jones
    • Beach Boyas Beach Boy
    Lenny Platt
    Lenny Platt
    • Beach Boyas Beach Boy
    Boyd Holbrook
    Boyd Holbrook
    • Davidas David
    Ellen Barkin
    Ellen Barkin
    • Normaas Norma
    Kiernan Shipka
    Kiernan Shipka
    • Eleanoras Eleanor
    Clare Foley
    Clare Foley
    • Phoebeas Phoebe
    Roslyn Curry
    • Joyas Joy
    Clark Gregg
    Clark Gregg
    • Edwardas Edward
    Demi Moore
    Demi Moore
    • Kateas Kate
    Richard Dreyfuss
    Richard Dreyfuss
    • Dannyas Danny
    Owen Campbell
    Owen Campbell
    • Karlas Karl
    Peter Sarsgaard
    Peter Sarsgaard
    • Fitzsimmonsas Fitzsimmons
    Brandin Steffesen
    • Danceras Dancer
    James Jenner
    • Field Family Friendas Field Family Friend
    Finise Avery
    Finise Avery
    • Friendas Friend
    • (uncredited)
    Katelynn Bailey
    • Jackieas Jackie
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Naomi Foner
    • Writer
      • Naomi Foner
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    • Trivia
      Elizabeth Olsen and Boyd Holbrook dated after meeting on the set. They even got engaged, but it was called off when they split up.
    • 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.
    • Quotes

      Lilly: I'm afraid of dying.

      David: I'm afraid of not doing anything while I'm still here.

      Lilly: I don't think there's much chance of that.

    • Connections
      References Jules and Jim (1962)
    • Soundtracks
      You Are What You Love
      Written and Performed by Jenny Lewis

      Courtesy of Team Love Records

      By arrangement with Bank Robber Music

    User reviews33

    Review
    Top review
    5/10
    Very Good Girls = Very Mediocre Movie
    Very Good Girls has somehow managed to get a truly noteworthy and remarkable cast in spite of being a most mediocre, humdrum and unremarkable film itself.

    The movie is about two best girl friends during their last summer together in New York before they go off to two different colleges in the fall. As the title implies, they've been "Very Good Girls" in high school and are not overly experienced in some aspects of life making them conclude that they should lose their virginity before heading off to school. Their friendship is tested over the summer by various things -- work, family, uncertainty, tragedy -- but most of all by their mutual attraction to a handsome street artist they meet and befriend.

    Dakota Fanning (I Am Sam) and Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) play besties Lily and Gerry with Boyd Holbrook (Milk) playing their object of affection who ends up favoring one of the girls to the other. Fanning and Olsen are two of the best young working actresses in Hollywood today and I do not question their talent at all; but Olsen's five year age differential is highly apparent here making the casting in this film ever-so-slightly distracting. Richard Dreyfus (Jaws), Ellen Barkin (Sea of Love), Clark Gregg (The Avengers) and Demi Moore (Ghost) play parents of the two girls while Peter Sarsgaard (An Education) co-stars as Lily's boss and Kiernan Shipka (Sally in 'Mad Men') as her younger sister.

    The first-time director, Naomi Foner, just happens to be the mother of the Gyllenhaal siblings (Jake and Maggie) which most likely helps explain why this talented cast (Sarsgaard is Foner's son-in-law) signed onto such a pedestrian, over-done script.

    The story is nothing special -- and has been told many times -- but the acting in Very Good Girls is "Very Good" and solid. Everyone involved here is singularly better than the film as a whole.
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    • Aug 5, 2014

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    • Release date
      • June 24, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • İyi Kızlar
    • Filming locations
      • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Herrick Entertainment
      • Groundswell Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,940
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,102
      • Jul 27, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,963
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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