In 1963 New England, a group of friends at an all-girls academy learn that they're going to be combined with a nearby all-boys institution. They concoct a plan to save their school while dealing with everyday problems along the way.
Acting
Kirsten Dunst's smirk could topple governments.
Writing
Kernochan's script is viciously quotable.
Costume
Plaid skirts as armor, innocence as weapon.
Director
Sarah Kernochan
Kirsten Dunst
Verena von Stefan
Gaby Hoffmann
Odette
Lynn Redgrave
Miss McVane
Tom Guiry
'Frosty' Frost
Rachael Leigh Cook
Abigail 'Abby' Sawyer
Vincent Kartheiser
Snake – Flat Critter
Monica Keena
Tinka Parker
Matthew Lawrence
Dennis
Heather Matarazzo
Theresa 'Tweety' Goldberg
Merritt Wever
Maureen 'Momo' Haines
Robert Bockstael
Frank Dewey
Rosemary Dunsmore
Page Sawyer
Nigel Bennett
Harvey Sawyer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sarah Kernochan based this on her own boarding school experiences; she also won an Oscar for a documentary about a deaf student before pivoting to teen girl anarchy.
Released the same year as The Faculty and Disturbing Behavior, this was part of a weird 1998 wave of 'teens vs. system' films that critics ignored and Tumblr later resurrected.
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