Foxes

Foxes (1980)

  • 67% of critics liked it
    (9 reviews)

  • 54% of users liked it
    (2,557 ratings)

Foxes details the exploits of four teenage San Fernando Valley girls as they drink, dope and sleep their way into oblivion. Jeanie (Jodie Foster, in a standout performance), the most grounded of the quartet, deals with her burned-out working-student-mother (Sally Kellerman, also excellent) while… More

R, 1 hr. 46 min.
Directed By
Adrian Lyne
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Feb 29, 1980 Wide
On DVD
Aug 5, 2003
United Artists

Critic Reviews

  • Clint Morris, Moviehole

    One of Foster's earliest, but no less impressive, turns

  • Michael A. Smith, Nolan's Pop Culture Review

    Scott Baio. Enough said.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Foxes depicts the pursuit of happiness as a desperate ritual.

  • Scott Weinberg, Apollo Guide

    If it's a drama, it's too silly to be effective - and if it's a comedy, it's alarmingly free of charm.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    I saw this drama on TV a long time ago, I thought it was pretty boring for the most part, but it seemed a pretty realistic view of teenage girls. Plus, there are a bunch of stars in this, so it's an okay movie.

  • Nicki M


    Kind of muddled. Does not seem to be very well edited and the story skips around a little bit and doesn't always make a lot of sense. Also, WTF with the young bride at the end? Aren't these girls meant to be like 16 or something?! I kind of liked it for it's early… More

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