“It was not, to say the least, a typical situation or easy to make sense of,” says Gloeckner of growing up here ... @sfchronicle.com The Diary of a Teenage Girl (R) opens Friday, Aug. 14 ...

‘Diary of a Teenage Girl’ 3 1/2 out of 4 stars Stars ... One is frightened by her experienced prowess in bed. The escapades grow darker, too, in the chapter she introduces as “The Making ...

confused and unapologetically horny brain of a girl named Minnie Goetze. “Diary” is a vivid and often shocking story of growing up female in 1976 San Francisco, told with tenderness and humor ...

It’s incredibly rare to see a movie take on that process with honesty, and with respect and care for the girl at the center of it. There, Diary of a Teenage Girl is very brave, and very new.

Writer/director Marielle Heller, in her captivating debut film “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” hits exactly the right tone for a complicated balancing act, and for a film that could very easily ...

“Growing up, all I would see in movies was ... Starring Alexander Skarsgard and Kristen Wiig, The Diary of a Teenage Girl is 23-year-old British actress Powley’s first major leading role ...

“The Diary of a Teenage Girl” is just that – a coming-of-age story that ... She records a diary on cassette tapes – her growing collection fills a shoebox – and I quickly grew to trust her voice.