I have never seen such uninspired slosh in a long time until now. Very Good Girls is a unimaginative, dull, and dumb film featuring questionable writing, horrendous acting and just down-right stupidness. If you want any clue on how bad this movie is, at the very end, our 2 main characters take of their cloths and dance in the sprinklers. Yeah. That's how bad it is.
Dakota Flanning is a big issue in this film, with the emotional range of a tree trunk and is an absolute disgrace to any and all things "acting". Our love interest, David, is played by an absolute pencil (Boyd Holbrook) who, surprise surprise, cannot act! Elizabeth Olsen turned out to be the only good thing in this film (no surprise there).
The writing is it's own kind of awfulness. The basic gist of the movie is that 2 best friends fall for the same guy, a struggling artist. What the plot summary doesn't tell you is that Gerri's (Elizabeth Olsen) father dies, so what does our amazing Lilly (Dakota Flanning) do to help out her friend during this difficult time? Well she throws David at her make her feel better. What? Instead of putting the time it actually be with your friend and comfort her, you throw your boy toy at her. Okay! David climbs up Lilly's house into the BATHROOM while she is SHOWERING and nobody throws a fit? Are they just that """in love"""? Nobody saw him climbing up the house and think to call the police? Why is there a window in the bathroom anyway? Whoever wrote this screenplay should never work in Hollywood.
This film also does a lot of meandering, which absolutely kills the pacing and makes this film feel bloated and a chore to get through. The characters are obnoxious and annoying to watch. I literally got a headache watching this film, and as soon those credits rolled, the headache disappeared!
Whoever said this film is """"""realistic"""""" seriously needs to watch this movie again. What sane parent is letting their 7-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER out into the streets of New York City without telling anyone (yes, that actually happened in the film)?
If you value your mental sanity, water you plants, take your partner out to dinner, walk your dog. Do ANYTHING else with your free time. Don't waste your time with this "film".
Dakota Flanning is a big issue in this film, with the emotional range of a tree trunk and is an absolute disgrace to any and all things "acting". Our love interest, David, is played by an absolute pencil (Boyd Holbrook) who, surprise surprise, cannot act! Elizabeth Olsen turned out to be the only good thing in this film (no surprise there).
The writing is it's own kind of awfulness. The basic gist of the movie is that 2 best friends fall for the same guy, a struggling artist. What the plot summary doesn't tell you is that Gerri's (Elizabeth Olsen) father dies, so what does our amazing Lilly (Dakota Flanning) do to help out her friend during this difficult time? Well she throws David at her make her feel better. What? Instead of putting the time it actually be with your friend and comfort her, you throw your boy toy at her. Okay! David climbs up Lilly's house into the BATHROOM while she is SHOWERING and nobody throws a fit? Are they just that """in love"""? Nobody saw him climbing up the house and think to call the police? Why is there a window in the bathroom anyway? Whoever wrote this screenplay should never work in Hollywood.
This film also does a lot of meandering, which absolutely kills the pacing and makes this film feel bloated and a chore to get through. The characters are obnoxious and annoying to watch. I literally got a headache watching this film, and as soon those credits rolled, the headache disappeared!
Whoever said this film is """"""realistic"""""" seriously needs to watch this movie again. What sane parent is letting their 7-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER out into the streets of New York City without telling anyone (yes, that actually happened in the film)?
If you value your mental sanity, water you plants, take your partner out to dinner, walk your dog. Do ANYTHING else with your free time. Don't waste your time with this "film".