Though the message itself is much more universal, it’s about standing up for yourself, not just accepting things you know are wrong simply because it’s easy and finding things that you care about. It doesn’t ignore that there’s always going to be cliques and hierarchy to high schools but it only uses that to serve a more interesting, relevant story about sexism and assault in schools. Starring: Hadley Robinson, Lauren Tsai, Alycia Pascual-Pena, Nico Hiraga, Sabrina Haskett, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sydney Park, Anjelika Washington, Josie Totah, Josephine Langford, Ike Barinholtz, Clark Gregg and Marcia Gay Harden.įor a long time, any film involving teenage girls has always been about them tearing each other down, fighting over boys and usually a large dose of bullying but Moxie finally takes a different approach. Fed up with the sexist and toxic status quo at her high school, a shy 16-year-old finds inspiration from her mother’s rebellious past and anonymously publishes a zine that sparks a school-wide, coming-of-rage revolution. Directed by Amy Poehler and written by Tamara Chestna and Dylan Meyer, based on the book of the same name by Jennifer Mathieu.
