I've read the book and i'm glad that it was so true to it. I also thought the actors were good, they were not amazing but belivable enugh. It was nicely filmed, nothing special but i did enjoy it. I think i would recommend it! If you liked the book it's defenitly worth a watch!

It's 1955 upstate New York. A group of young women join together to form a gang, Foxfire, to fight back against their tormentors.

Other than Rita, the girls aren't given introductory time to lay out their characters. Margaret "Legs" is the only one to make an impact after that. It doesn't help that these actresses are all unknowns. They need individuality before they can form the commonality of the group. Compared to the 1996 version, this is missing the big name and big charisma like Angelina Jolie. This is a lower budget indie and it doesn't really rise above that. The time period is intriguing. Legs is intriguing. The general premise is intriguing. The rest is not.

Now - this is a totally different film from the 1996 version - that was an Angelina Joly display - and I loved it. The 2012 film is so much darker and has so much more integrity than film nr. 1 - yet the sexual sphere was less in this film. The boys got away totally - I mean the high-school thugs - but it concentrated on the promiscuous dirty old men. But than again that would not have worked without the gangs physical involvement. I do'nt get that - "dirty old men" are formed in early years- why not address it - like nr. 1 did. I have not red the book, only seen both movies but I am bewildered. I liked nr 1 because of Angelina Joly, but I liked nr 2 better because of it's message - STAY OUT OF CRIME !!!!