Synopsis
A manipulative childhood acquaintance worms her way into a teenager's circle of friends at an all-girls boarding school.
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Cast
- Rooney MaraFernanda
- Georgia KingVictoria
- Brie LarsonKate
- Amy FergusonLucasta
- Tom Everett ScottGio
- Amy SedarisMrs. Middlewood
- Chris KattanMr. Middlewood
- Shawn PyfromHank
- Ryan SchiraPeter
- Susan MisnerRoxanne
Recommendations
- 58
Christian Science Monitor
See the film, if you must, for Mara, who will be starring in the upcoming Hollywood remake of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." She's a sharp, vigilant actress whose career bears watching. - 50
Variety
Refigured from a never-made TV pilot, this shallow boarding school-set coming-of-ager traverses familiar territory without offering anything fresh. - 50
The A.V. Club
The result isn't bad, it just lacks momentum and a strong reason for existing. - 50
The New York Times
An uneven drama set at a girls' boarding school, rarely rises above the generic, though its atmosphere of coddled young people indulging themselves in opulent surroundings is palpably authentic. - 40
Time Out
If Gregorini and Von Furstenberg's goal was to construct a cinematic Sunday Styles spread of the plaid-skirt-and-tie crowd, then kudos. As filmmakers, however, these two have some serious growing up of their own to do. - 40
Village Voice
From hairstyles and clothes to autumnal-hued cinematography and a raft of clichéd incidents involving pills, suicide, sneaking out, and blackmail, everything feels dainty to the point of stale. - 40
Los Angeles Times
The better moments are fleeting. More often, the film feels flat-footed, and the story plays out as you'd expect. Long before Tanner Hall ends, you may well find yourself wishing for the final bell. - 40
New York Daily News
Most of the actresses are appealing, but ultimately not even the gifted Mara can keep the film from feeling like a gauzy portrait of privilege.
