Girls Against Boys 2012

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: A dumb, dreary, let's-get-back-at-them slasher in which pulverized genitals pass for feminist critique. Read more

Noel Murray, AV Club: Girls Against Boys is undone by Chick's apparent supposition that he's the first filmmaker to notice how men sometimes take advantage of women, or how putting a gun in an actress' hands can be a complicated symbol of empowerment. Read more

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: In "Girls Against Boys" both sides lose. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: Panabaker and LaLiberte give their all, but the movie is all moral compass and mainstream emotion, and never as edgy or transgressive as it thinks it is. Read more

Sara Stewart, New York Post: When it comes to "Girls Against Boys," it's a draw - everyone loses. Read more

Keith Phipps, Time Out: Writer-director Austin Chick throws in echoes of Abel Ferrara's feminist grindhouse classic Ms. 45, but the provocation feels hollow and the stylish direction-filled with pensive slo-mo-just slows things down. Read more

Peter Debruge, Variety: This Chick pic's greatest provocation is how slow and disengaged it feels. Read more

Ted Scheinman, Village Voice: The B-horror standbys that might rescue the film from self-serious tedium are nowhere to be found. Read more