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Foxes
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R,1hr 46min
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January 1, 1980
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MGM
Synopsis: Foxes details the exploits of four teenage San Fernando Valley girls as they drink, dope and sleep their way into oblivion. Jeanie (Jodie Foster, in a standout performance), the most grounded of the quartet, deals with her burned-out working-student-mother (Sally Kellerman, also excellent) while playing mother to her cohorts; Annie (Cherie Curie), a promiscuous drug-vacuum, attempts to dodge her psychotic police officer-father while partying round the clock; Madge (Marilyn Kagan), an overweight tag-along, ... Full Synopsis
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This film, the debut of future hit-making director Adrian Lyne, is long on atmosphere but short on story. Gerald Ayres' script manages to be frank about the desires and social excesses of its young protagonists without becoming exploitative but its episodic approach saps the story of much of its dramatic potential. It also loses track of its characters as it tries to juggle an array of subplots. For ... Full Review
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