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Very Good Girls (2013) poster

2013 · drama · coming-of-age

Very Good Girls

Directed by Naomi Foner1h 31m2013

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.

Our read: Very Good Girls (2013) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · coming-of-age entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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Neutral, steady, gentle drama / coming-of-age, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb5.917kRT20%Metacritic35
  • gentle
  • intimate
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DNA · twelve axes

How Very Good Girls feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a Brooklyn summer about friendship, first love, and the mess between them.”

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 18attention 3/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upnudityexplicit sex

Skip it tonight — You cannot stomach teen sexuality and a love triangle that feels thinly drawn.

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