ScoobyWell Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Kristen Caven I stumbled across this movie on TV and was surprised I'd never heard of it. The title is forgettable, but the film certainly isn't. This movie really captures something universal about women's education, starting with cute preppy girls acting all bad-ass and rebellious...then slowly realizing they have actual power to change things in the world. Delightful performances, hilarious situations and a positive feminine tone. I liked how the main characters got what they wanted—and then realized they were better than that.Having been part of the Mills College Student Strike in 1991, I also found this movie to be very meaningful in light of the fact that Mills was the only women's college to actually turn around a decision to go co-ed (Mrs. Godards's is, alas, fictional). Insightful and incisive writing is so subtly well-nestled in the plot you don't realize it's political. Kristen Dunst's rantings at the DAR's secret meeting and Vanessa Redgrave's bitter tantrum at the beginning of the third act provide some great insights into the state of women's education.Some of the reviews on this site are alarmingly condescending. One guy writes (yes, in all caps and with more exclamation points than a teenage girl), "THE LIVES OF TEENAGE GIRLS ARE UNINTERESTING!!!!" I find it so sad that this sort of judgment seems to have kept audiences away from what really should have been as big a hit as Dead Poet's Society (more interesting, presumably, because it was about boys and someone died) had been a decade earlier.

i_luv_pf This has got to be my favorite movie of all times- i've watched it at least 50 times, and I know the entire script! its about a girls school, and they found out they're going to merge with a boys school, so they try to stop it at all costs. It shows i twisted version of how life was back then, and its hilarious to see all their plans to stop the merger.Kirsten Dunst is the leader, and she's great at it! Also Gaby Hoffman is the new girl and is split between whether to support th merger or be against it, as half the DAR(daughters of the American ravioli- they eat canned ravioli in a secret room in the attic of their school)love boys and want to go through with the merger, and the other ones think it will pull down their grade average, and all their friends will become bimbos to impress the boys. She doesn't want to lose either of her friends, so tries to be for it and against it at the same time. It shows that not all teenage girls at girls schools are obsessed with boys, and even though it's a bit over-the-top, it's so fun to watch. I give it 2 thumbs up- definitely a must see!

acearms Cute movie with lots of laughs and teen attempts to change the world. I enjoyed this one for the humor and the realistic aspects of what teenagers can and will do. Young love not to be over looked. Whether prep school, college or finishing, kids will find a way to out smart the school administration and that's what this movie is about. If you want humorous entertainment, this is the one for you.

fyllo Im a 30 something male so I guess this film wasn´t really made for my focus group,but I liked it,intelligent script and good acting,cool with the whole feminist slant on a teen movie.Ok so the story was a bit thin and you saw the end coming.but its a feel good movie and supposed to be that way,the people that complain over such trifles are the ones whining bout the dancescenes in Singin in the rain or the logic of Where eagles dare,enjoy it for an intelligent comedy with a message for us all