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A breezy tale of riot grrrl power passed down from mother to daughter, Amy Poehlerâs return to the directorâs chair (after 2019âs
Wine Country) is a winningly optimistic high-school romp with timely #MeToo-era themes. Adapted by screenwriters Tamara Chestna and Dylan Meyer from the hit YA novel by Jennifer Mathieu, it may lack the depth of
Booksmart, but itâs still blessed with enough post-punk energy to raise a smile, several chuckles and the occasional fist-punching cheer.
Hadley Robinson is Vivian, a head-down student (âItâs so nice not to be on anyoneâs radarâ) voted âmost obedientâ in the crass list compiled by high-school jocks, grotesquely ranking girls in categories including âbest rackâ and âmost bangableâ. Like the majority of her female schoolmates, including studious best friend Claudia (Lauren Tsai), Vivian accepts and even
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In Moxie, on Netflix, trying to make school cool — or at least less toxic
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