Very Good Girls

Very Good Girls Information

Very Good Girls is an upcoming drama film written and directed by Naomi Foner, produced by Norton Herrick, Michael London, Mary Jane Skalski and starring Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Demi Moore, Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Barkin, Clark Gregg, and Peter Sarsgaard. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2013.

Plot

Lilly (Fanning) and Gerry (Olsen), are best friends that make a pact to lose their virginity over the summer, but end up falling for David (Holbrook), a street artist, and find their friendship tested for the first time.

Cast

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Dakota Fanning as Lilly Berger
Elizabeth Olsen as Gerry
Boyd Holbrook as David Avery
Demi Moore as Kate, Gerry's Mother
Richard Dreyfuss as Danny, Gerry's Father
Ellen Barkin as Lilly's mother
Clark Gregg as Lilly's father
Kiernan Shipka as Lilly's sister
Peter Sarsgaard as the summer-job boss of Lilly

Reception

The Hollywood Reporter described the film as "a limp directing debut" for Foner. The film's outdated "counter-culture" sensibilities made it appear "frozen in time". It found the characters unconvincing, criticizing the "artificiality" of the love interest who asks the lead character to "read a couple of lines of Sylvia Plath before their first kiss". Variety criticized the "really bad" drama, particularly the "vapid and cliched" screenplay. "This all-around misfire ... may go directly to home formats." The New York Post was unimpressed by the "soapy" film and the "earnest and witless" way in which Foner demonstrated her politics. The publication added that the film feels "like an old person's idea of what young people are like", remarking that the cast "are far better than this weak material deserves."

Production

Development

Production company Herrick Entertainment announced on July 20, 2012, that principal photography had begun in New York City. Herrick said it was producing and financing the project with Michael London's Groundswell Productions producing. Norton Herrick, Michael London, and Mary Jane Skalski are the producers, and Gale Ann Hurd is among the executive producers.

Shooting locations includes Ditmas Park, Brooklyn.

In January 2012, Anton Yelchin was in final negotiations to play a part in the film.

Cast-member Peter Sarsgaard is the son-in-law of writer-director Naomi Foner, the mother of his wife, Maggie Gyllenhaal.

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