Reviews

• A smart, sweet, and altogether smashing evocation of teenage girlhood.

  Amy Taubin - Village Voice
  
  19 January 2013

• Lively acting and good-natured feminism lift this lightweight comedy a notch above the norm.

  David Sterritt - Christian Science Monitor
  
  19 January 2013

• Under the candy coating and girl group soundtrack, the film acknowledges some hard truths about women and education that haven't changed much since the '60s. But it never loses sight of having a good time, and the girls are great.

  Ken Fox - TV Guide
  
  19 January 2013

• A knock-kneed but likable just-for-girls drama set in 1963 that promotes single-sex institutions as the best breeding ground for future female senators and filmmakers.

  Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly
  
  19 January 2013

• Surprisingly pleasant, thanks to smart, unstereotyped performances.

  - The New York Times
  
  19 January 2013