Foxfire

Foxfire (1996)

  • 30% of critics liked it
    (10 reviews)

  • 66% of users liked it
    (10,462 ratings)

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… More

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Drama
In Theaters
Aug 23, 1996 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, Variety

    Joyce Carol Oates and her fans will be disappointed by this trivial and muddled screen version of her popular novel about female bonding and empowerment.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    About four female friends who take delight in exploring their capacity for anarchy.

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Featured Audience Ratings

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    Angelina Jolie, Dash Mihok, Hedy Burress, Peter Facinelli The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.… More

  • Jason S


    Not all that great. It was trying to be edgy and smart but was none of that. Mostly it was an excuse to have a scene where the girls take their shirts off.

  • danny d


    an early film for angelina jolie and peter facinelli. jolie showed glimpses of her future greatness, which was the only reason this film doesnt drop to a half a star. this movie was absolutely terrible. there was nothing redeeming about it at all. it would have made a better… More

  • Leigh R


    Fantastic!

  • Dann M


    Foxfire is a provocative and compelling coming-of-age film that looks at teenage rebellion and the search for identity. The story follows a drifter named Legs that strolls into a high school one day and ends up changing the lives of four girls who end up forming a unique bond of… More

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