Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

WakenPayne I really didn't know why I wanted to see this film. Maybe because of the highly convincing trailer of this and I am not one to be convinced by trailers easily. This does make it the first coming of age film that I have really enjoyed. On my previous track record of this genre most of them (if not all of them) didn't seem to come across as real characters.Which is where this movie succeeds. All the characters in this movie feel real, they act like real people in real situations that I can actually see a family going through.Now the plot is that Nora and her two daughters Trudie and Shade live in an uneventful town. Shade believes in getting a guy for her mother because of old Mexican romantic movies and Trudie is rebellious and stays out for long hours because of dates she has with guys, and she doesn't mind if she has sex with them because her first time was a gang rape. Nora just wants to keep the family afloat with as little problems as possible. Over the course of this movie Trudie gets pregnant with a man she believes to be the one (but isn't), Shade meets their father, she also falls in love and learns a few things about herself.Because I usually analyze the stories in reviews, it seems that I have only worked out now that coming of age films are about characters and the series of separate events that create their arcs, not about story. And with this movie it delivers. The character of Shade especially is one that I like and possibly one of my favourite teen-aged characters in film.So would I recommend this movie? If you can handle a little bit of a slow pace (I am not kidding this is the only thing I see wrong with this movie) and enjoy coming of age films then yes, This is definitely worth it. If I can find more coming of age films of which a leading character sounds interesting then I will most certainly be watching more.

MarieGabrielle I admit I am biased- I have always loved Ms. Adams since "The Dead Zone"...Stephen King at his earliest, and best.This film is quirky and interesting. It is one of the few actually worth buying on DVD. Not just for the performances, which are excellent, by the way.The visuals are noteworthy. New Mexico, the Southwest; a visual palette reminiscent of the artist Georgia O'Keefe. Beautiful photography, and a dysfunctional family trying to survive- two young girls living with their disillusioned mother.This film addresses a niche which is not mainstream, but real...disappointed Americans living and working , trying their best, yet opposed by the realities. This film deserves 10/10- a must see.

thisisaj-2 I watched this with several guy friends and they all hated it after 10 minutes. I liked this film a lot, even if it didn't have a plot. Ione Skye and Fairuza Balk are really good in this film. Give this one a shot, you might be surprised.One thing that was disconcerting was the way Allison Anders made this film. It almost seems like the incidents of the film go day after day, and you really can't tell that time has passed at all. But otherwise it's pretty good. 3/5 stars.

DaCritic-2 ... then this is an excellent movie. FB (in an early role) portrays a young teen in a small southwestern town, discovering herself and falling in love for the first time, and meeting her father who has been absent from her life for as long as she can remember. Having lived through a very similar experience to that, I'd have to say that the way it was written and performed was unsentimental and realistic. Ione Skye also shines as the troublesome (and troubled) older sister with the bad reputation, and FB's ongoing attempts to set up her mother (Brooke Adams) with a nice guy are touching and heartfelt. But the movie never descends into saccharine sweetness ... that's the major strength of the script, and the performances. There's very little Hollywood in this flick, but there is a lot of heart, and it's worth seeing more than once.**** out of *****