
Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of 3 free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom.... (Full plot summary below)
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Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of 3 free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom.
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| Boston GlobeTy BurrThe movie captures that heady adolescent sense of time stopping and the moment mattering while standing far enough back to let us acknowledge all the pitfalls Marieme is moving too fast to see. |
| Times (UK)Wendy Ide[Céline Sciamma's] third film, Girlhood, confirms her as quite simply one of the best directors of her generation. |
| Observer (UK)Mark KermodeHonest, empowering and electrifying. Bravo! |
| New StatesmanBarbara SpeedThe film is about Marieme, and what happens to her, and perhaps, too, it's about seeing life in the projects for what it is: a milieu of mingling stories, some happy, some sad, and all shot through with moments of joy. |
| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Sydney BrownstoneThe complicated truth expressed in Girlhood is that it's often a survivor's strength that forges identities and occupations condemned by the rest of society-not weakness or hormonal confusion |
| Contactmusic.comRich ClineA bracingly fresh approach to the coming-of-age genre, this French drama gives remarkable insight into its central character through detailed observation... |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneKristin TillotsonFrom the opening montage of Marieme and other girls playing American football in full uniform, "Girlhood" resonates as something special. |
| Madison MovieRob ThomasThese new friends may be a bad influence on Marieme, but Sciamma's understated screenplay suggests they may be a necessary influence; she needs to step sideways, before she can step forward. |
| Consequence of SoundLeah PickettThrough Girlhood, Céline Sciamma captures the emotional minefield of adolescence and, more specifically, the intensity of female friendship, with a visceral blow to wherever those memories lay dormant. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThroughout "Girlhood" the malignant energy that results from having a scary home life never entirely dissipates. Yet the story allows for a full array of emotional peaks and valleys. |