Girl Rising (2013)
Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 8
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 1
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10x10 is a social action organization seeking educational equality for underprivileged girls across the globe. Director Richard Robbins tells the moving stories of several of these girls, with help from some of the most recognizable female voices of today.
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Anne Hathaway
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Cate Blanchett
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Selena Gomez
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Freida Pinto
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Meryl Streep
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Kerry Washington
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Chloe Moretz
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Priyanka Chopra
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Alicia Keys
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Liam Neeson
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All Critics (8) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (1)
The price of good intentions is that it looks and feels like an extended public-service announcement for goodness.
Top CriticNo one would confuse the movie with a short-story collection. But it's more ambitious and effective at blunting cynicism than most consciousness-raising efforts.
Illuminating and ultimately hopeful, despite the horrible circumstances depicted, "Girl Rising" stands as a testament to the power of information.
Director Richard Robbins delights in dotting his screen with bursts of color, from a shimmering orange dress to the deep purple of a pen cap, while the stories, shaped by anecdotal brevity, are often charmingly modest.
While some of the films are more successful than others, they all show the power of engagement and education, of looking at the world and its problems, as one story put it, in a way "that makes the achievable seem doable."
The approach may have a distracting, overly fancy, diluting quality to it, but attention must nevertheless be paid to this film's basic theme.
Powerful docu explains why all girls need an education.
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