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  • 2017
  • TV-14
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  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2017
  • TV-14
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 32 m
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train

Summary Deidra Tanner is a whip-smart high school senior who sells answers to chemistry tests to save up for college, all the while helping her mother raise her stubborn little sister, Laney, and her brother, Jet. It’s more than your average teenager can handle, but Deidra runs a tight ship—that is, until Mom blows a mental gasket at her retail ...

Directed By: Sydney Freeland

Written By: Shelby Farrell

  • 2017
  • TV-14
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2017
  • TV-14
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 32 m

Deidra & Laney Rob a Train

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Deidra Tanner is a whip-smart high school senior who sells answers to chemistry tests to save up for college, all the while helping her mother raise her stubborn little sister, Laney, and her brother, Jet. It’s more than your average teenager can handle, but Deidra runs a tight ship—that is, until Mom blows a mental gasket at her retail ...

Directed By: Sydney Freeland

Written By: Shelby Farrell

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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80
Mar 14, 2017
Working from a snappy but never snarky screenplay by first-timer Shelby Farrell, helmer Freeland (Drunktown’s Finest) maintains a strain-free upbeat energy yet keeps the action rooted in a strong sense of place and class.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 16, 2017
Crow and fellow up-and-comer Ashleigh Murray make an infectiously spirited duo in director Sydney Freeland’s sophomore feature; exuberant but not obnoxious, their combined energy and ingenuity is enough to steam the film through some off-track script wobbles.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
65
Mar 14, 2017
"Deidra & Laney” shows an easy flair for heartwarming comedy, character eccentricity and issues that sting but resolutions that soothe.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 17, 2018
That rare made-for-Netflix comedy clever enough, desperate enough, that it could have found an audience on the big screen.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
63
Mar 17, 2017
This reasonably engaging picture is being pushed as a kind of diversity-prioritizing indie comedy as opposed to the YA film it really is, for reasons not entirely clear to me.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
58
Mar 17, 2017
The not-so-subtle message of Deidra & Laney Rob a Train is one of self-confidence and self-actualization, and every single “good” character progresses fairly steadily towards their own version of this ideal, a decision that renders the eventual outcomes somewhat tedious in their predictability.
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Mar 16, 2017
Freeland is clearly having fun behind the camera, but broad and superficial performances mean the fun doesn’t always translate.
By Jude Dry FULL REVIEW

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Production Company General Population (GenPop), Storefront Pictures
Release Date Mar 17, 2017
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating TV-14
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• 1 Nomination

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