Foxes

Starring:

Jodie Foster......Jeanie

Cherie Currie......Annie

Marilyn Kagan......Madge

Kandice Stroh......Deirdre

Scott Baio......Brad

Sally Kellerman......Mary

Randy Quaid......Jay

Written By:

Gerald Ayres

Directed By:

Adrian Lyne

Release Date:

February 29, 1980

Running Time:

106 mins.

I rented this because I wanted to see Cherie Currie in her acting debut. She essentially played herself, except toned up a lot, and without a second chance at the end.

The main character Jeanie, played by a teenage Jodie Foster, is a typical high school girl. She's polite, but isn't afraid to be wild. She's part of a group of four best friends that "come of age" in California.

I was a little more underwhelmed by this movie than I thought I would be, and that's most likely because of two reasons:

1). I'm not a girl.

2). I didn't grow up in the 70's.

I feel like this movie is kind of dated... the dialogue, especially although that's understandable considering the specific audience appeal this film was most likely trying to go for. The colors are very earthly. It's not bright; it's brown and green and yellow, which actually adds to the viewing pleasure. You really get inside the relationship of the four girls, and that's great, or else it would be a boring movie.

Each of the four girls has something bad going on in their life: Jeanie lives with her divorced mother and wants to move out and live on her own. Annie is heavily into drugs, alcohol, and sex, and is abused by her father. Madge has very overprotective parents. Deirdre thinks she's above everyone else.

It's very much a teen drama. Parents = the enemy, fun = top priority. And the girls do have a lot of fun, but it eventually comes at a very high cost; one I won't spoil for you.

Obviously Jodie Foster gave the best performance; she can do no wrong! Coming in second, however, was first-timer Cherie Currie. Admitably, I am a huge The Runaways fan, so that probably makes me a little more than biased.

So, that said, I do recommend this movie to all teenagers. It serves as a good PSA for Anti-Drug and Drinking, if nothing else. (Note: I really enjoyed it; I realize that last line comes off as rude lol)

Three and a Half out of Five Stars

Source: Netflix