When I was in high school, long, long ago, I went to a slumber party with
a group of classmates and over the course of the evening we found out that
although we knew each other, we didn't knew much about each other. It changed
the course of our friendships. Well, "Girls Town" is a rougher,
more dramatic version of that evening. A trio of teen aged girls cope with
the suicide of a friend. But this is an empowering feminist tale made authentic
by the actresses participation in the scripting. Jim McKay captures the
essentials of their lives: cutting class, arguing about boys and letting
off steam. This is a working class group, trying not just to survive but
to fight the system. Lili Taylor as Patti Lucci is the central character
who struggles with being a single Mom. Anna Grace and Bruklin Harris are
her friends. What amazed me about this was that I never thought of them
as actresses. Perhaps that is why "Girls Town" was awarded the
Filmaker Trophy, which is voted on by the filmakers themselves.
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