Awkwardly earnest, though not without its bright spots.
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Amy Poehler directs newcomers Hadley Robinson and Nico Hiraga in a Netflix coming-of-age tale inspired by the Riot Grrrl movement.
The premise of Netflix s new teen drama
Moxie of a present-day 11th-grader taking inspiration from her mom’s Riot Grrrl memorabilia to make her school more hospitable for girls through an anonymous feminist zine is at once wholly plausible and a transparent Gen X fantasy of its cultural relevance to Gen Z.
Teenagers today have ready access to more female-forward content and analysis on issues from the relatively trivial to the supremely grave, via any number of publications and platforms than any of them could consume in a lifetime. A smarter movie might have asked why that thriving, glossy, youth-oriented pop-feminist industrial complex (that likely powered the
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Sweet, clear-eyed Gen-Z female empowerment story manages to be just memorable enough through its charming ensemble and refreshingly inclusive political values.
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Director: Amy Poehler
With: Hadley Robinson, Lauren Tsai, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Nico Hiraga, Sydney Park, Josephine Langford, Clark Gregg, Josie Totah, Alycia Pascual-Peña, Anjelika Washington, Charlie Hall, Sabrina Haskett, Ike Barinholtz, Amy Poehler, Marcia Gay Harden.
Running time: Running time: 111 MIN.