Among the dozens of screeners I received from film studio publicity machines in conjunction with NYFCO’s awards meeting in early December were two that dealt in one way or another with teen girls struggling to define themselves against social constraints imposed by poverty and religion respectively. Both are serious works and have outstanding performances but ultimately fail as statements about the social conditions they seek to explain and dramatize. Despite the critical remarks I will be making about the films, they will both be categorized as “fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes since I would prefer to reserve a “rotten” for the likes of “Mad Max: Fury Road”.
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