Nov 20
Foxes (1980)
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, who tries desperately to fit in with her wilder friends; and Deirdre (Kandice Stroh); an insecure liar and also-ran. While the performances (particularly the aforementioned) are good, and the direction is solid, the script doesn't seem to go anywhere; maybe that's the point, though, since neither do the characters in their vacuous, instant-gratification-based existences.~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide
GENRE: Drama
MPAA RATING:
No Rating
RUN TIME: 1h 46m
RELEASE DATE: February 29, 1980
STARRING: Jodie Foster, Cherie Currie, Marilyn Kagan, Kandice Stroh, Scott Baio
DIRECTOR(S): Adrian Lyne
PRODUCER(S): Gérald Ayres, David Puttnam
WRITER(S): Gérald Ayres
STUDIO: United Artists