Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.

Instead of a parable on choice, this film avoids the act of choosing all together, using this lack of action to instead focus on other issues of teen pregnancy, emphasizing Chantel's immaturity and irresponsibility and showing how misinformation can lead to her…

Sally Jane Black

If there were any justice in this world Leslie Harris would have made 25 more movies by now.

Patrick Brennan

A gem of a film brimming with simple beauty and bold style — particularly by lead actress Ariyan A. Johnson and writer/director Leslie Harris. This is Harris’s only feature film making her another casualty of a filmmaking system that doesn’t seem worth in the stories by and…

Angelica Jade Bastién🪼🌷

the climax of this movie is one of the most upsetting scenes i’ve ever seen, really took me off guard after an hour+ of delightful straightforward coming of age magic. everything about this movie is so alive in every moment, i felt almost breathless once it ended. this…

brad 🪴

the scene right after she finds out she's pregnant where she's waiting in line at the welfare office & staring in horror at a woman with a screaming kid is too real

sydney

the world was robbed of a dozen more Leslie Harris movies — “a film hollywood dared not do” and they still haven’t

Justin LaLiberty

So lived-in and empathetic - a great deal more so than most other teen films I've seen, whether they be especially socially conscious or not. Considers its characters' flaws with clarity, detail and understanding, never punishing them nor letting them off easy. Was really…

Shea

They got a lot of use out of that ‘Tom’s Diner’ sample

Liz

Unbelievable. Takes a familiar framework and goes about it entirely differently with an ending that almost spoils you in its subversive, positive quality. Chantel’s fourth wall breaks were incredibly refreshing for a movie like this that was released when it was. I wish a…

Paul