Foxfire
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Movie Reviews of Foxfire
Movie Review: great drama
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great movie about a group of geeks. the girls uinited by a caracter played by angelina jolie in atempt to get fired a sexualy harrasing teacher.Movie Review: Some fun, but lacking any depth
Summary: 3 Stars
I love the book by Joyce Carol Oates, which made it hard to like this radically different story. However, I did like Maddy and Legs, the two main characters, but the other characters that made it into the movie are not well developed at all. And the 5 that make up the group "Foxfire" are strangers at the beginning of the movie who we are expected to assume half way through the movie with virtually no dialogue amongst them are closer than sisters.
If you do accept this assumption the second section of the movie will draw you into their world. They are tough, together and having fun. But then again there is a quick shift and the ending flashes through major life events like losing a loved one, crime and drug addiction with no real depth.
Even with drastic cutting from the book the movie obviously tried to tackle too much of that great story and ended up with very little of the sincere connection these girls had and the motivation that their connection gave them to fight against anyone who tried to endanger the closeness of the group.
Read the book, and if you watch the movie don't expect too much from the plot, focus on the two main characters and you might be able to enjoy it.
Movie Review: Watch Carefully
Summary: 3 Stars
There is a scene in this movie where all the girls, including Angelina Jolie, are sitting around topless giving each other tattoos. Be very careful that you do not watch or listen to any other part of the movie, because it is very stupid.Movie Review: 2.5 stars out of 4
Summary: 3 Stars
The Bottom Line:
It's got a nice topless scene for the raincoat crowd, but Foxfire fails in terms of character development, plot, and interestingness; enjoyable enough, it's just not a very good or memorable film.
Movie Review: Female empowerment?
Summary: 2 Stars
I think "Foxfire" is trying to make a positive stand about young women defending their rights. The problem is...it goes about it all wrong.The fresh, young cast is wonderful. Yes, Angelina Jolie shows what kind of talent she has. Jolie plays a character nicknamed Legs. Legs literally shows up out of nowhere and struts into a high school biology class. She pulls the pins out of a live (!!) frog that is about to be dissected and tosses the frog out a window to freedom. She then climbs out the window herself. Legs has this odd habit of showing up at the school even though she apparently has no connection to it.
Anyway, she befriends four girls at the school. She soon finds out that the scummy biology teacher has been sexually harassing and fondling some of his female students. They decide to get a bit of revenge and end up beating him up. The girls are then suspended for a few weeks. They find an abandoned home in pretty good shape and they decide to make it their hangout.
Some female bonding and hijinks take place. They give each other tattoos. They break into the school and carelessly start a fire. Implausibly, one of the girls is almost abducted by a bunch of guys from the school. Luckily, a couple of her friends had been hiding behind some bushes or something and one of them pulls a knife on the guys. Then they steal the main abductor's vehicle. They end up being arrested and charged with several serious felonies. Extremely weak plotting if you ask me.
Ultimately, the film tailspins out of control. As the movie progresses, the viewer loses more and more sympathy for the girls. It should be the other way around. You should care more about characters once you get to know them. These girls make such awful and selfish decisions that you end up feeling that they deserve whatever comes to them. Sadly, the fabulous cast can't save the fatal script they were given.