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Movie reviews: COOKIE QUEENS, ICE CREAM MAN, WILD INSIDE
Two very different kid-centered stories, plus the tale of Flaco the owl.
"Cookie Queens" Roadside Attractions Cookie Queens ***1/2 Director Alysa Nahmias’ formula here is like 85% adorableness and 15% other stuff, but oh man does she nail the adorableness. Her subject is the $800 million annual business that is the selling of Girl Scout cookies, focusing on four girls from around the country trying to hit their goals during the several-weeks-long annual selling window.
Much of the focus is on 12-year-old Olive, a cookie-shilling wunderkind whose skills at upselling seem to dazzle all her customers into additional purchases, and there are layers to her character in…
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