Naomi Foner
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The directorial debut of screenwriter Naomi Foner (Running on Empty) is a soap-opera starter kit with lead characters who are more spoiled than sympathetic, and it rings false in its portrayal of sisterhood and coming-of-age angst.
She wrote director Sidney Lumet’s 1988 movie “Running on Empty,” which earned her an Oscar nomination and co-star River Phoenix his only acting nomination, and she’s the mother of Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Very Good Girls can’t even blame rampant film-industry sexism, as it was written and directed by Naomi Foner, making her directorial debut after many years as a screenwriter (Running On Empty, Losing Isaiah, Bee Season).