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Very Good Girls (2013)

Very Good Girls poster
Directed by
Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
R
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 458 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two close teenage friends both fall for the same street artist over a summer in New York. They navigate their friendship and first love while keeping secrets from each other.

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What happens

Very Good Girls is a 2013 American drama film and the first feature film directed by American screenwriter Naomi Foner, whose script for drama Running on Empty was Oscar-nominated. First screened publicly in early 2013, the film stars Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen as two friends who fall for the same man (Boyd Holbrook). The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2013; it was given a release on home formats on June 24, 2014. The supporting cast includes Demi Moore, Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Barkin, Clark Gregg, and Peter Sarsgaard. The film was produced by Norton Herrick, Michael London, and Mary Jane Skalski. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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