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List Price: $14.94 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 9544
Released: June 6, 2000 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Angelina Jolie's strong-willed performance in Foxfire as Legs, the charismatic outsider based on the rebellious character from Joyce Carol Oates's novel, is a very good reason to see this 1996 drama. The film updates the story from the 1950s to the '90s, but for a while the air of teenage angst and confrontation is closer to the legacy of James Dean than gun-toting/body-piercing disaffection. Bold and larger-than-life, Legs quickly gathers a group of adolescent girls around her, each of whom has been sexually abused and is dealing in her own way with the emotional consequences. As expected, the girls plot out their revenge, but even more interesting is the intensity of their bond and rituals, the way they hang out in an abandoned house, their expressions of devotion. So tight and self-protective does this clique become that onlookers--fellow students, parents--become resentful. The final act loses faith somewhat with the mystique of this story, as a few hoary ideas (kidnapping, firearms) breach the film's originality. But what's good is good indeed, and Jolie's performance remains a harbinger of great things to come. --Tom Keogh
Foxfire Reviews:
IT'S ONLY ME, BUT: 
2008-06-01 - ANGELINE JOLIE WAS WONDERFULL IN THEIS MOVIE AS "LEGS" lEGS IS A OUTSIDER, A NEWCOMER WHO THE LOCAL GIT=RLS, ALL WHO OF WHICH AVE BEEN RAPED AND/OR ABUSED ARE DRAWN TO. THEY FORM THERE OWN CLUB AND HANG OUT IN AN OLD SHACK. IT ENDS UP IN KIDNAPPING AND GUNS TOWARDS ONE GIRLS FATHER. JM
MY FAVORITE MOVIE
2008-04-03 - This movie has it all; suspense,excitement,action,girl-power,lesbian overtones and a young sexy Angelina Jolie. I love this film and if you love Angie and empowered women you will too. Amazing, I highly recommend it!
FOXFIRE - HEDDY BURRESS SHINES 
2007-01-10 - Foxfire is a good story, wonderfully acted about a group of girls who reject being pushed around by the men in their life: one a teacher, one a parent. Margret (Angelina Jolie) is the stranger who wanders into town and befriends Maddy wonderfully played by Hedy Burress. Heddy Burress was a newcomer to movies when she starred in this film and delivered a poignant, thoughtful performance. It's a shame Hedy hasn't played more prominent roles in subsequent films. She does a lot of voice-over work to pay the bills.
Could've, would've, should've. 
2006-10-27 - The novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates on which this movie was based is beautiful, moving, transcendent, heartbreaking, lyrical, and unforgettable.
The movie, on the other hand, felt like the After-School Special version of the book.
Do yourself a favor and read the novel instead.
"Make them regret all they ever did to you and your sisters..."
In your face and gripping
2006-07-12 - Just a great movie. A breath of fresh air, because unlike most of the films about girls, boys or men are the center of everything and this film focused on the relationships and love between the girls, and it accurately portrays the feelings of lost, uncontented teens who know that there has to be something more.
The funny sequences in this movie are almost too funny- A couple of the people who were watching it with me turned blue, and it has some great one-liners.
Fun to watch, it picks you up and won't put you down.
