Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
Matthew, a college freshman, meets his dream girl in a dorm elevator during a blackout. He never sees her face, but instantly falls in love. In the morning, the power is restored, but the "dream girl" has vanished. All Matthew knows is that she lives in an all-girls dorm. He sets out on a semester-long journey to find his mystery girl among a hundred female suspects. Could it be Wendy? Dora? Arlene? Patty? Cynthia? Or the 95 other girls, any of whom could have been in that elevator with Matthew.
100 Girls is a quirky romantic comedy with a somewhat novel premise—a blackout romance turning into a semester-long mystery—and features some genuinely earnest feminist monologues from writer-director Michael Davis that give it a distinctive, if uneven, voice. However, the plot execution is meandering and episodic, relying heavily on stereotyped female characters paraded past the protagonist. Acting is serviceable but unremarkable, with the leads delivering competent but thin performances. Cinematography is flat and TV-movie quality, typical of low-budget early 2000s indie fare. The ending resolves predictably without much emotional payoff. Novelty gets a slight bump for its unusual attempt to blend teen sex comedy tropes with pop-feminist commentary, even if the execution doesn't fully deliver on that ambition.