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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSeattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakThe film is a hopeful, rollicking, rocking, humorous, heartbreaking journey.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe camp runs for a week in a warehouse in Oregon. What the girls might lack in musical talent and experience they make up for with infectious energy. Watch your tattooed butt, Amy Winehouse!
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanA must-see both for girls and the grownups who love them.
- 70The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisA jubilant documentary about a place where power chords and empowerment go hand in hand.
- 70Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallChicago ReaderAndrea GronvallIn one slender documentary codirectors Shane King and Arne Johnson accomplish what Hollywood routinely bungles: incisively depicting the inner lives of complicated young females.
- 67The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayGirls Rock! is cutesy and quick-cut, emphasizing the absurd while trying to keep the audience's interest with animated interludes and footage from corny old industrial films.
- 60Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThough Girls Rock! is nothing if not well meaning, it doesn't always feel like the best possible film on the subject.
- Girls do rock, and the final concert is both wild and cathartic. Too bad we haven’t learned more about these rockers along the way.
- 50San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubSan Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubAs the camera follows four campers in a Portland, Ore., rock school for girls, the result is less a journey than a collage of random thoughts, circumstances and events. There's plenty of telling, but not enough showing.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceWhile the camp is all about liberation, the film hews to a predictable doc template and comes off as a drag.