“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 ...

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 ...

‘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 ...

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.

which was launched to focus on the growing “chick-lit” market that included books with a humorous edge like Bridget Jones’ Diary.