No way. In the second half of the first decade of the XXI century, it became fashionable to shoot films, firstly, about teenagers (of course, difficult), and secondly, with art-house elements. But, since art house is a vague and accurate definition of this word is difficult to give, everything that gets into it is taken for it. The main thing is to shock or at least cause confusion in the viewer.
The director of the film with the provocative and scathing title "Bitches" (made, in fact, in Mexico, which in the 1980s-1990s was famous for snotty soap operas for bored housewives), apparently, decided that in order for his creation to be attributed to art house, it is enough to remove a naturalistic scene of coping with the need for a toilet. There are also some "non-trivial" nuances, such as the deliberately conditional scenery in some episodes (hello to Lars von Trier with his "Dogville") and animated inserts ("Kill Bill" comes to mind, well, and the textbook "Who framed Roger rabbit?". Anyway, alas, it turned out quite gray, no matter how the creators of the film push ...
... It's not a bad idea. An almost detective story, the investigation of which reveals the nature of 14-15-year-old heroines. The school where they study is not just an educational institution, but, let’s say, a correctional one. This is mainly due to certain “merits”. It is no coincidence that one teenage girl becomes a whore, another almost autistic, a third lesbian, a fourth maniac with a destructive disorder. I liked that, telling the story of each of them, the writers paid enough attention to their families, because a lot comes from there.
Which didn't like... Banal reactions, banal relationships, banal conflicts. I do not dispute that what is shown here is eternal, it was, is and will be (alas), but it can be presented originally, from extraordinary angles. That's first. Secondly, there is a certain confusion of the narrative. Many actresses are too similar to each other. It was a bit difficult for me to distinguish between them. At least the hair color made everyone different. Fourthly, a crime, the essence of which is revealed closer to the end, some ... not a crime. There was nothing violent there. It's just that one fool fell for another's recommendation. There is no compulsion at all. You could have done something better.
In general, if you do not want to watch our Valeria Guy Germanika, and some "Elephant" and "Thirteen" have already seen (or have not seen, and do not want to see), but the acute topic of difficult teenagers, especially women, attracts you, you can pay attention to this film. I will probably forget it in a little while.
4 out of 10