I love the attitude of the film and the whole Riot grrrl/zine movement. I got the chance to see Bikini Kill in concert and its so nice seeing teens of the modern era discovering it. I remember when I was in high school and found music like The Violent Femmes, Streetlight Manifesto, and The Gaslight Anthem that felt like they were speaking to me. It was such a fun exploration to bring back that era and inject it into a modern high school. Some of the sexist things were very overt to the point where it is hard to buy Marcia Gay Harden’s character up until the very end. At the same time the overtness of the injustice that is happening to these women could also be an exaggeration in order to show what it is like to be in that POV so I’ The absolute best part of the film is Hadley Robinson. She actually looks like is Amy Poehler’s daughter and had an energy and look similar to Elsie Fisher. The whole cast is great. Other shoutouts go to Lauren Tsai (who people might remember from LEGION), Alycia Pascual-Peña, Nico Hiraga, and Josephine Langford. I also wish they used Josie Totah more. My one issue with the cast is that Patrick Schwartzenegger is a little too old for the role.
