Review: ‘Girls Like Girls’ Adaptation Captures the Feeling of First Love

Review: A hit song and novel become a sincere directorial debut in 'Girls Like Girls'

Hayley Kiyoko broke out in 2015 with a popular single, one that inspired her book and now a pro-queer movie graced by committed performances.

‘Girls Like Girls’ Review: Yes, Apparently Hayley Kiyoko Really Can Do Everything

Hit songs come and go. Except of course for Hayley Kiyoko’s 2015 queer electropop anthem “Girls Like Girls,” which keeps rising like the phoenix. The song is about a girl who steals a dude’s girlfriend and throws it back in his face. (Perfect, no notes.) It was released with a viral music video, directed by Kiyoko, about two teenagers in love and the abusive boyfriend who catches them almost kissing. He violently assaults them but then gets the …

Review: ‘Girls Like Girls’ adaptation captures the feeling of first love

Coley (Maya da Costa) is the new girl in a small Oregon town; she’s quiet and introverted, with a fellow teen observing that she has “sad eyes.” Those expressive eyes soon find their way to Sonya (Myra Molloy), a popular…

‘Girls Like Girls’ is a charmingly flawed debut with heart

Right off the bat, “Girls Like Girls” deals in the familiar conventions of coming-of-age stories. We meet our protagonist, Coley (Maya da Costa), riding her bike through the wooded streets of rural Oregon – wind softly tousling her hair, the breeze only a slight reprieve from the oppressive heat of summer. Immediately, the film has all the trappings of a sun-drenched, indie film about growing up and falling in love.  This is all stuff we’ve seen…

'Girls Like Girls' is a charmingly flawed debut with heart

Right off the bat, “Girls Like Girls” deals in the familiar conventions of coming-of-age stories.  We meet our protagonist, Coley (Maya da Costa), riding her bike through the wooded streets of rural Oregon – wind softly tousling her hair, the breeze only a slight reprieve from the oppressive heat of summer. Immediately, the film has all the trappings of a sun-drenched, indie film about growing up and falling in love.  This is all stuff we’ve see…

Girls Like Girls — Hayley Kiyoko [Review]

Girls Like Girls is gay, and (mostly) proud of it. The film is Hayley Kiyoko’s adaptation of her novel of the same title, which was based on her song of the same title. An inception of girls liking girls liking girls. Coley (Maya da Costa), a teenager living with her dad in the wake of [...] The post Girls Like Girls — Hayley Kiyoko [Review] appeared first on In Review Online.