Riot Girls

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Riot Girls
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Directed byJovanka Vuckovic
Written byKatherine Collins
Produced byLauren Grant
Starring Madison Iseman
Paloma Kwiatkowski
Munro Chambers
Jenny Raven
Cinematography Celiana Cárdenas
Edited byMaureen Grant
Music by Peter Chapman
Production
company
Clique Pictures
Distributed byCranked Up Films
levelFILM
Release date
Running time
81 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Riot Girls is a 2019 Canadian post-apocalyptic science fiction film, directed by Jovanka Vuckovic.

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Plot

Set in the town of Potter's Bluff, where a mysterious virus has killed all the adults and left society entirely in the hands of rival teen gangs, the film stars Madison Iseman and Paloma Kwiatkowski as Nat and Scratch, a lesbian couple who must go behind enemy lines to rescue Nat's brother Jack (Alexandre Bourgeois) after he is captured by the wealthy and powerful West Side gang led by jock Jeremy (Munro Chambers).

Cast

Production and filming

In September 2016, Clique Pictures announced that Jovanka Vuckovic was to direct the apocalyptic horror film. [1] With financing procured from Telefilm Canada, Head Gear Films, the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, the Ontario Media Development Corporation, Search Engine Films, Urban Post Production, She Wolf Films, and the Harold Greenberg Fund, the cast was announced in October 2017, as well as the start of filming. [2] [3]

The film was shot in Parry Sound, Hamilton, Ontario and Toronto. [4] [3] XYZ Films handled sales for North America, with Alliance Media Partners in charge of international. [3] [5] In January 2019, Cranked Up Films acquired the U.S. distribution rights from XYZ Films. [6]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 90% of 21 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.2/10. [7] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 59 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [8]

The Globe and Mail's Anne T. Donahue gave the film 3.5/4 stars, writing, "Thanks to Iseman and Kwiatkowski's heartwarming chemistry, Collins's sharp dialogue and Vuckovic's pointed direction, you find yourself running in step with two young women who are smart, interesting, brave and brilliantly capable." [9] Katie Walsh of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "despite its audacious premise and style, Riot Girls feels at times underwritten, a few of the performances under-baked. Kwiatkowski and Iseman carry the film, but such a sprawling world is heavy lifting. Nevertheless, Vuckovic ably showcases her fetchingly energetic aesthetic." [10]

John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Appealing cinematography and engaging use of split-frame comic-book transitions are the closest the film comes to the excitement of 1990s DIY scene-making; the rest is just derivative genre filler." [11]

Award nominations

The film received five Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020, for Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design (Jennifer Morden and Danny Haeberlin), Achievement in Make-Up (Brandi Boulet and Chris Bridges), Achievement in Hair (Dann Campbell), Achievement in Music – Original Score (Peter Chapman), and Achievement in Music – Original Song (Peter Chapman and Leslie Seaforth for "We Run the World"). [12]

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  2. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (16 October 2017). "Apocalyptic thriller 'Riot Girls' gets cast, sales deals, Canada shoot (exclusive)". Screen Daily . Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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  5. ↑ "Riot Girls". Alliance Media Partners International. 2018. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  6. ↑ Kay, Jeremy (14 January 2019). "XYZ Films sells 'Riot Girls' to Cranked Up Films (exclusive)". Screen Daily . Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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  9. ↑ Donahue, Anne T. (19 September 2019). "Review: Postapocalyptic thriller Riot Girls offers a sharp warning against fascism". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  10. ↑ Walsh, Katie (12 September 2019). "Review: 'Riot Girls' takes the apocalypse on a wild ride, with teen punks vs. jocks". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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