Loosely based on the book Foxfire by Joyce Carol Oates, this film is about four high-school girls, dissimilar in every other way, who find that they are all being made to perform sexually with their biology teacher. This discovery leads them to become allies and friends. Shortly afterward, they exact revenge on their teacher at the cost of being expelled from school. Taking up residence in an abandoned house in the woods, they practice some rather sexy bonding rituals between themselves. Thanks to the efforts of their ringleader Legs to get drug rehab money for one of the girls, they find themselves on the wrong side of the law, and the chase begins. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
Review by All Movie Guide
All Movie Guide
lost interest.
Whereas Joyce Carol Oats' source novel reflected the working-class sensibilities of tough '50s rebels, director Annette Haywood-Carter's film version is a '90s melodrama about pretty suburban victims. This adaptation choice drives the story in a predictable direction, suffering from stereotyped characters and forced dialogue. The supposed female bonding moments quickly fall into exploitation territory as the girls decide to take off their shirts and tattoo their breasts. However,
Angelina Jolie is stunning as Legs Sadovsky, stealing the show with her screen presence and introducing the lesbian undertones. All attitude and style, Legs becomes the movie-friendly version of what a tough girl should be. While it is commendable that she helps the other girls fight back against the sexualized violence in the film, the payback plot feels contrived. A story of real unleashed rage this is not, but rather a sleek Hollywood fantasy of pseudo "girl power" with a modern rock soundtrack. Mindless fun for a few action scenes, Foxfire is recommended for fans of
Angelina Jolie only. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide