In director Anna Rose Holmer’s The Fits, a young misfit of a girl gravitates towards the intoxicating movement and power of a dance team, only to discover — just as she’s starting to fit in — that the ...

Coming of age films for girls are rare, and when they do surface, the plots are often as fleeting and thin as a school-age crush. Enter “The Fits,” a small film about big emotions, where adolescence ...

“The Fits” pulls you in and won’t let go. Made by a first-time feature director working with a microscopic budget and a tiny, 11-year-old protagonist, it’s a 72-minute wonder, a self-assured, gently ...