Girls State
critic Reviews
, 95% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Girls State continues the conversation started with Boys State, finding further cause for hope and concern as a new generation prepares for public service.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKayla Kumari UpadhyayaAutostraddle
Girls State isn’t quite the explosive takedown and critique of the program that it could be, but it does explore the program's limitations cogently...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCraig MathiesonThe Age (Australia)
The politics lean conservative, but the transformations that occur go beyond ideology.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter RainerFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
I wish there had been a little bit more of the get-togethers so we could hear them talk a little more informally, but it's a fascinating movie.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDanny LeighFinancial Times
At first it proves every bit as gripping. Then it gets more so.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRobert LevinNewsday
When thinking about the whole American experiment, nearly 250 years in, it can seem hard to find reasons for optimism. But “Girls State” offers a welcome and necessary helping of it.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTim RobeyDaily Telegraph (UK)
In this thought-provoking documentary, girls get the chance to play politics – and their debates about abortion are startlingly nuanced
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAbe FriedtanzerAwards Buzz
A stirring documentary that shows the power of politics put to use in the right way and the value of a cooperative mindset when dealing with sensitive subjects.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLoren KingNewport This Week (RI)
[There's a] smart, impassioned, high stakes spirit that permeates the new documentary, Girls State.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJoe LipsettHazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr Podcast
Girls State feels slight and surprisingly unaware; even its own subjects seem determined to break free of the narrative that the camp and the directors are trying to box them in to. Compared to Boys State, this is a surprising misfire.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreStephen A. RussellAEU News
The would-be Hilary Clintons and Kamala Harrises immediately clock that they’re held to different standards than the boys.
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