Foxfire Movie Review 1996

Not much more than "The Craft" without the hocus-pocus. Lusty Legs Sadovsky (Jolie) is a liberated drifter who empowers a quartet of abused teens to take action against their molester, who happens to be their biology teacher. Based on the book by Joyce Carol Oates originally written in the 1950s, modern adaptation suffers from time warp, most notably when the girls expose their teacher's behavior to their principal and he promptly suspends them without further ado. After some bonding and tattooing in an abandoned house, flick descends into the more masculine and mundane territory of car chases, kidnapping and gunplay. Filmmakers rather timidly back off of leather-clad Legs' obvious lesbianism and her relationship with the adoring Maddy (Burress). Decent acting by most would've benefitted from a more cohesive screenplay.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 102 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Books to Film: Joyce Carol Oates, Female Bonding, Teen Angst, Sexual Harrassment, Rebel With a Cause, Lesbians, Tattoos

Screenplay

Elizabeth White

Cast

Angelina Jolie, John Diehl, Jenny Lewis, Cathy Moriarty, Richard Beymer, Hedy Burress, Jenny Shimizu, Sarah Rosenberg, Peter Facinelli

Cinematography

Newton Thomas (Tom) Sigel

Director

Annette Haywood-Carter

Music

Michel Colombier

Producer

John Bard Manulis, Jeffrey Lurie, John P. Marsh, Paige Simpson, Mike Figgis, Laura Friedman, Rysher Entertainment, Chestnut Hill, Red Mullet Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Company