Very Good Girls 2013

Kyle Smith, New York Post: A drama that feels like an old person's idea of what young people are like. Read more

Jesse Hassenger, AV Club: Holbrook acts as a discount Ryan Gosling -- all the mumbling and silence at just 20 percent of the charisma. Read more

David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen are wasted in veteran screenwriter Naomi Foner's underwhelming directing debut. Read more

Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: Despite a finely wrought lead performance by Dakota Fanning, the drama feels more like the stuff of a mild - and dated - YA novel than an involving exploration of female experience. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Disappointingly, Foner's young heroines are defined primarily by their reactions to other people. It's a great credit to Olsen and, especially, Fanning that they manage to make these characters vibrant and sympathetic anyway. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: One insurmountable problem is that the stars, especially Ms. Olsen, 25, are too old for their roles. Another is that the movie has more characters than it can begin to accommodate in 91 minutes. Read more

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Very Good Girls has a breezy yet bittersweet, vaguely nostalgic vibe. Read more

Alissa Simon, Variety: With a screenplay lacking the freshness and credibility of Foner's best work, this all-around misfire saddles a miscast group of name thesps with some strikingly awful costume design. Read more

Chuck Wilson, Village Voice: Very Good Girls is a film one wants to like but can't. It just doesn't work. Read more