Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- bleak
- energetic
- cautionary
- late night viewing
- 1980s cinema marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly recognized the film’s vivid California atmosphere and energetic music-driven style while finding its cautionary social meanings uneven and its script sometimes garbled.
What sets it apart
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Jeanie, Annie, Madge, and Deirdre navigate adolescence together while their relationships strain under risky adult behavior.
The San Fernando Valley is presented as a sun-blasted landscape of streets, houses, nightlife, and limited escape.
The plot is driven by a blazing soundtrack, disco-inflected storytelling, lemony daylight, and neon-lit nightscapes.
The teenagers’ drinking, drugs, sex, and exposure to prostitution unfold amid inadequate or dysfunctional adult guidance.
Films like Foxes, and why
The Last Picture Show
teen coming-of-age drama focused on friendship, sexuality, substance use, and the pressures of suburban adolescence
Thirteen
raw adolescent drama combining female friendship, sexual awakening, family dysfunction, and a bleak suburban environment
Over the Edge
stylized youth drama about teenage alienation, risky behavior, and emotionally volatile friendships
Movie Details
- Director
- Adrian Lyne
- Release Date
- 1980-02-29
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (103)
Cast
- Jodie Foster
- Cherie Currie
- Marilyn Kagan
- Scott Baio
- Sally Kellerman
- Kandice Stroh
- Lois Smith
- Randy Quaid
- Adam Faith
- Sloan Roberts
Common questions
- What is Foxes about?
- Four San Fernando Valley teenagers chase freedom through friendship, nightlife, and reckless experimentation as adolescence turns perilous.
- What is Foxes like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Foxes as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Foxes violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Foxes as mild.
- What did critics think of Foxes?
- Critics broadly recognized the film’s vivid California atmosphere and energetic music-driven style while finding its cautionary social meanings uneven and its script sometimes garbled.
- Which films are like Foxes?
- Films with a similar feel include The Last Picture Show, Thirteen, and Over the Edge.
- How long is Foxes?
- Foxes runs 106 minutes.
