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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New YorkerRichard BrodyThe New YorkerRichard BrodyFrom the start, Just Another Girl on the I.R.T., an independent film made on a very low budget (reportedly a hundred and thirty thousand dollars), is a polyphonic work of multiple voices and consciousnesses.
- 75Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumHarris’s refusal to treat her heroine strictly as role model or bad example makes her portrait a lot livelier and less predictable—as well as more confusing—than the standard genre exercises most reviewers seem to prefer. What’s exciting about this movie is a lot of loose details: frank girl talk about AIDS and birth control, glancing observations about welfare lines and the advantages of a boy with a car over one with subway tokens.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliAs common as the plot might be, the manner in which the film approaches at the subject is decidedly different. Leslie Harris brings a gritty perspective to this story that illustrates it isn't just boys who suffer in the hood.
- 70Los Angeles TimesPeter RainerLos Angeles TimesPeter RainerMost movies about black inner-city life have been so male-oriented that Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. seems like a bulletin from the other side of the tracks. It’s more of a harbinger of better things to come than a solid achievement in its own right, but it’s moving in a fresh, invigorating direction.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenJust Another Girl on the I.R.T. ultimately offers a welcome glimpse of one of the individuals behind the sea of faces racing by in the subway cars -- the kind of face and individual that Hollywood customarily has never given a second look.
- [Harris's] loud, rough, energetic tale of 'girlz n the hood' is low on polish and production values but certainly drawn from life.
- 50The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyJust Another Girl on the IRT means to be instructive about teen-age pregnancies, but what it's saying is none too coherent.
- 40Time OutTime OutOne could dwell on Johnson's in-your-face performance, or how refreshing it is to see a black New York drama played out by homegirls. But, facing facts, the climax is unpersuasive and the happy end a cop-out.