a celebration of female strength, told in a way that never comes close to being trite or patronising.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Feb 17, 2022

Exuberant teenage story about decidedly grown-up issues

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 29, 2021

Gavron's film moves through a series of genuine moments to more gritty stuff with absolute ease.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 16, 2021

Not only thoughtful, empathetic and heartfelt, but also offering a very familiar genre a fresh perspective.

Full Review | Apr 3, 2021

The extraordinary thing about this movie-and it is extraordinary-is how real the kids feel.

Full Review | Mar 18, 2021

Authentic, small, and deeply humane

Full Review | Original Score: B | Feb 14, 2021

If you've lived in a city, you've seen these girls; you've been these girls. You can't help but feel the warmth of nostalgia as you watch Rocks and her friends trying to find the joy in a world that is so often against them.

Full Review | Feb 14, 2021

The hope that remains at the end of the film may be tinged with melancholy and a need for acceptance, but it remains, like Rocks, steadfast and believable.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 14, 2021

A compassionate, finely observed portrait of a young woman's gradual breaking down, as the usual buffers, including brotherly love and friendships, strain under her crushing responsibility.

Full Review | Feb 14, 2021

There are some moments where the group of working-class girls seem genuine and honest. At other times, the film is a bit dull and takes on the character of a middle-class morality tale, almost a cinematic finger-wagging.

Full Review | Feb 14, 2021

Raw, heartbreaking and fresh.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 10, 2021

Teeming with an infectious effervescence, the adolescent coming-of-age drama "Rocks" differentiates itself from other recent explorations of modern girlhood set amid immigrant communities.

Full Review | Feb 1, 2021

It's not always a smooth ride, but it's richly humane.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 28, 2021

The cast led by Bukky Bakray and Kosar Ali are unbelievably charming and infectious. In a just world, these rockstars would become household names.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 8, 2020

There isn't a false note.

Full Review | Dec 3, 2020

Rocks is an exceptional film that is equally beautiful and heart-wrenching without ever feeling manipulative.

Full Review | Dec 1, 2020

A lovely, persuasive, and heartfelt film about teenage friendships and what family really means.

Full Review | Dec 1, 2020

Rocks speaks wisely and without judgment towards anyone of any age who has found themselves in a desperate situation.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Nov 24, 2020

I was touched by the absolute matter-of-fact multiculturalism.

Full Review | Oct 8, 2020

Directed by Sarah Gavron... it's a gripping, beautifully acted slice of-life story.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 7, 2020