These Girls

Try as it might, These Girls just can’t hide the fact that it’s based on a stage play. Director John Hazlett imbues the film with all the style of a movie-of-the-week, something that’s reflected in the routine, predictable storyline. The film revolves around Keira (Caroline Dhavernas), Lisa (Holly Lewis), and Glory (Amanda Walsh), and their summertime exploits with the local hunk, Keith (David Boreanaz). These Girls has clearly been fashioned to appeal to teenaged girls, a demographic that will undoubtedly get a kick out of the empowering shenanigans of Keira and her buddies. Other viewers, on the other hand, will be hard-pressed to find anything here worth embracing, as it’s all just so silly and pointless. The film doesn’t have anything new or interesting to say about life as a teenager, and although the performances are likeable and engaging (Dhavernas, in particular, is quite good), the bottom line is that These Girls comes off as nothing more than an instantly forgettable piece of work that seems as though it’d be just as effective (if not more so) on the small screen.

** out of ****