An infectiously joyous coming-of-age story.

The insightful and cracklingly funny story is an antidote to Hannah Montana and the shallow Hollywood teenagers on the Disney Channel, obsessed by their French manicures.

For all their moodiness and irascibility, the girls come across as warm and believable, and there are funny moments when they take to the streets to raise money for a new guitar.

Writer/director Lukas Moodysson adapts his wife's graphic novel into a heartfelt look at three teenagers who have not yet come of age but are on their way.