Girls Rock!

Girls Rock! (2008)

  • 68% of critics liked it
    (40 reviews)

  • 79% of users liked it
    (628 ratings)

Via their documentary Girls Rock!, co-directors Arne Johnson and Shane King transport viewers to a most unusual summer destination: Rock 'n' Roll Camp, where young women from ages 8 to 18 each spend one week learning to choose a band, play a rock instrument, and write a song. The central lesson… More

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PG, 1 hr. 29 min.
Directed By
Arne Johnson, Shane King
Genres
Documentary, Musical & Performing Arts, Special Interest
In Theaters
Apr 21, 2007 Wide
On DVD
Jan 27, 2009
Shadow Distribution

Critic Reviews

  • Ty Burr, Boston Globe

    How are girls supposed to behave in a culture that tells them they're Disney princesses for the first 12 years and sex toys after that? Girls Rock! has one answer: Strap on a Fender and rage against the machine.

  • Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune

    There's too little clarity or thoroughness in the biographies, too few prolonged scenes of the girls creating their songs.

  • Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

    There's so much joy and coming-of-age angst turned into nuggets of gold that it seems uncharitable to ask, what might be missing (more onscreen appreciation for rock's goddesses and gods, perhaps.)

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    It's goooood.

  • Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

    Young women find expression for more than their music in Girls Rock!, a jubilant documentary about a place where power chords and empowerment go hand in hand.

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  • William G


    Girls go to rock camp, are subsequently empowered. It's about as adorable as you want it to be and not much else.

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