The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.
Acting
Jolie's feral charisma outshines everything
Costume
Flannel, Docs, and regrettable tattoos — peak '90s
Direction
Haywood-Carter captures fleeting girlhood intensity
Director
Annette Haywood-Carter
Hedy Burress
Maddy Wirtz
Angelina Jolie
Legs Sadovsky
Jenny Lewis
Rita Faldes
Jenny Shimizu
Goldie Goldman
Peter Facinelli
Ethan Bixby
Dash Mihok
Dana Taylor
Michelle Brookhurst
Cindy
Elden Henson
Bobby
Cathy Moriarty
Martha Wirtz
Richard Beymer
Mr. Parks
Fran Bennett
Judge Holifield
John Diehl
Mr. Buttinger
Chris Mulkey
Dan Goldman
Ever Carradine
Girl in Print Shop
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Angelina Jolie's first lead role — she allegedly kept her character's boots. Icon behavior.
Based on Joyce Carol Oates' novel, but the film softens the book's brutal ending for Hollywood palatability.
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