Cert 15
144 mins
BBFC advice: Contains strong language and sex references, moderate violence and threat
It would appear that movies about teenage girl gangs in America are rather in vogue this summer.
So, before I get on to the Bling Ring, let's stop in the 1950s with the rather feisty bunch who make up Foxfire.
This is the tale of a bunch of gals who don't fit in with the norms of school-life in post-war America.
They are growing up in a parent vacuum with mothers or fathers having died or disappeared and those left behind traumatised by recent events.
Thus, when daughters go completely off the rails, nobody is around to bring them back into line.
Leader of the unofficial fraternity of Foxfire is Margaret (Raven Adamson), who is super sharp but unapologetically anti-establishment.
The misfits she leads either have problems at school, at home, with boys or, possibly, all three.
Thus, to them she becomes a great leader, for whom they are prepared to leave home or even commit serious crime.
Adamson is full of zest as the head of a gang whose ambitions grow to the point of being dangerous to themselves and anyone in their path.
Katie Coseni, Madeleine Bisson, Claire Mazerolle, Paige Moyles and Rachel Nyhuus are her initially unquestioning disciples.
Laurent Cantet's movie evokes, through music and sets, the rawness of the 1950s and for large parts Foxfire is enjoyable.
But the lack of supervision of any of the girls is more than a little unlikely, particularly when they get very out of hand.
And, it is a good half an hour longer than it needs to be.
Laughs: none
Jumps: none
Vomit: none
Nudity: none
Overall rating: 6.5/10