LeonardOsborneKael I think you could live a thousand years and never see a more brilliantly made cinematic work. Literally every scene is eloquently written and masterfully filmed. The visual tone exactly matches the content of every moment of the film. You very rarely see such technical virtuosity coupled with such depth of human interaction. ALL the performances are spot on. The movie takes an unflinching, unvarnished look at vulnerability and love and loss and the way of the world for young people growing up in our time. You've known these kids -- maybe you WERE one of them. Alternately brutal and magical -- FOXFIRE is an absolute masterwork in every way. A vividly beautiful, heartbreaking inspiration.

Lisa Muñoz What a great movie! Despite the low rating, this is a terrific 90's film with Angelina Jolie as Legs before she was famous, and even then, she was starting to show something very special. After a group of girls take revenge on a sadistic pedophile teacher, they get suspended by the dumb principal. They decide to stick together and move into an abandoned house. There, after they almost set fire to the school while trying to get the main character Maddy's portfolio, Legs tattoos herself and the other girls with a flame, bonding them all together for life. The film seemed to have a lot to do with the Riot Grrrl movement (an underground feminist punk music genre that helped girls making a name for themselves in a male dominated punk scene) In the film, the teenage girls are oppressed and abused while trying to stand up for themselves, even though they do things that aren't exactly right. The strong female bondage is brilliantly portrayed and I also loved the guitar solos in the music score, typical of the 90s.While some aspects of the film are a little clichéd and some situations are unrealistic, it's easier to tell ourselves that it's just a movie. I for one really enjoyed it.

BloodTheTelepathicDog The Jolie-Nation will tar and feather me after reading this review.This film redefines aimless. If you're not an angst ridden young woman, than don't bother picking this up.The plot centers around this sexy mysterious drifter who goes by the title of Legs(Jolie), and who changes the lives of four high school girls forever.What begins as a solid message, standing up for your rights and against harassment, quickly dissolves into wayward youth territory.The four girls get expelled from school for beating up a teacher, with the guidance of Legs. The script, if you want to call it such, has the girls address the sexual harassment charge against the teacher they roughed up, with their principal, and he expels them for three weeks!! Like a real principal would discard claims made by a group of girls.Sympathy dissolves when the girls begin to follow the be bad example set by Legs. Hedy Burress finally realizes Legs may not be so swell when she abducts Shimizu's father at gun point.Hedy Burress' sensitive portrayal is what kept me going when all I wanted to do was hit stop, and pop in The Usual Suspects.

snikki2 first of all to correct two previous commentators....Rita says, after getting her tattoo, "we're like those girls who run with foxes." she says this to mock the comment made by the HS principle when he suspended them. trust me, i've seen this movie a hundred times.anyway, i came across this movie quite by accident. i was supposed to go out partying, but I fell asleep waiting for my always late friend. I woke up right after they beat up the teacher. I think what made an impression was how deep the friendship was between the girls. that time of my life wasn't the best, and I didn't have close friends like that. i saw parts of myself in some of the girls, and characteristics I wished I had possessed in the others. I own the movie, I watch it on occasion. The only part I think everything falls apart is the kidnapping of Goldie's father. that was kinda dumb. i have not yet read the book, but i have heard for years that the book is far different and better than the movie. Usually I am one that has read the book prior too, and usually find the movies disappointing. I tried reading the book after seeing the movie "Where the Heart is" and the exact opposite happened, I HATED the book. but from the reviews, I don't think this is going to happen with this one. I will be going to the library tonight.all in all, I think it was a good movie. i didn't particularly care for Jolie at first, but now that I've seen other work of hers, I have changed my mind about her in this movie. I liked the Maddie character the most, but the first time I watched i was more like Rita, the awkward virgin, while I longed to be a little more like Violet, the slut. Goldie represented what I could've become, had I not been as strong as I was and let situations and circumstances lead me to embrace drug addiction. I wish they would've gone a little deeper into some of the girls's background. all you really got to see is goldies dad slapping her around, and maddie's parents, and a couple of small glimpses into Rita's family. but the friendship and the bond with the girls is central focus, I felt for the movie, and I think that came across very well in the movie. maybe i'll have a different opinion once i read the book. we'll see.