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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : There's one moment in ''Little Darlings'' that very nearly redeems a lot of the movie's weaknesses. It belongs to the young actress Kristy McNichol. She plays a 15-year-old who has just experienced sex for the first time. It was not, of course, quite like she expected it to be. She sits quietly in a corner of a deserted summer cottage, her thoughts a million miles away from her teen-age boyfriend. At last she says, ''I feel so lonely.'' more...
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www.crazy4cinema.com - : I know what you're thinking. Not another teen camp comedy about losing one's virginity. The twist in LITTLE DARLINGS is that it's the ladies trying to win the bet. It makes for quite a different experience at the cineplex. There's no nudity and very little raunchiness, which makes for a refreshing change in the coming-of-age genre. However, the film also carries a very different tone and even has a message about rushing into sexual intercourse that you will never see in a film starring boys. This is, of course, as it should be because sex is different for men and women. We do look at it from completely opposite points of view. I would argue that men enjoy it more. I think both sexes have equal drives, but women do put more emotional weight on sexual encounters mainly because it has more consequences for us. LITTLE DARLINGS is by no means a serious film, but it does make a point to show, pretty honestly in my opinion, the emotional impact of one's first time. This experience colors your entire sexual future and it's a shame most people do it just to get it out of the way, long before they're ready. A hard lesson learned by one of our DARLINGS. more...
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