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  1. Aug 30, 1996 · The bare bones of the plot of “Girls Town” are not much more subtle than the events in a 1970s exploitation picture like the recently (and unnecessarily) revived “ Switchblade Sisters.”. But nuance is everything, and the movie’s qualities are in the performances and dialogue.

  2. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › 1072971-girls_townGirls Town - Rotten Tomatoes

    When high school senior Nikki (Aunjanue Ellis) commits suicide, the rest of her outcast friends try to figure out why. They stumble onto her diary and learn she had been raped, a fact that draws ...

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  3. TOP CRITIC. It’s a power house. Shot in 12 days in Hackensack, N.J., this low-budget debut by Jim McKay is a remarkable script collaboration between McKay and the three actresses who play high...

  4. Reviews. Jan 23, 1996 11:00pm PT. Girls Town. Lili Taylor, who's probably the busiest actress at this year's Sundance Film Festival, gives a superlative, gut-wrenching performance in "Girls...

  5. JG: Girls Town is a movie that wears its politics on its sleeve. You've called the film’s storytelling “didactic,” and I did read one review where the critic compared the style to an after-school special.

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  6. A choice ‘90s indie about friendship, grieving, and trauma. Technically, it’s a rape-revenge movie, but the approachable scale distances it from genre expectations. Individual scenes feel unstructured, while character and theme stay tight and consistent.

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  8. Girls Town received acclaim from critics. On review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, it holds an 88% rating based on 25 reviews. [5]

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