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Releasing on Aug 9, 2024
- 2024
- R
- Metrograph Pictures
- 1 h 29 m
- 2024
- R
- Metrograph Pictures
- 1 h 29 m
Summary On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend.
Directed By: India Donaldson
Written By: India Donaldson
- 2024
- R
- Metrograph Pictures
- 1 h 29 m
- 2024
- R
- Metrograph Pictures
- 1 h 29 m
Good One
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Summary On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend.
Directed By: India Donaldson
Written By: India Donaldson
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
80
91% Positive
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10 Reviews
9% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Donaldson has a tremendous command of pace and silence, laying the desperation of middle age (and how it looks to those whose lives are still ahead of them) bare with little more than a gesture or a closeup. It’s a killer debut for both her and Collias, and it will be exciting to see what both can do with the momentum a picture like this can provide.
Through it all, Collias is so confident and assured that it feels like this is her fiftieth leading role instead of her first.
It’s a sublime little travelogue, deceptively simple, engaging, and thoughtful.
Good One is an acutely felt portrait of impending womanhood and a remarkable debut for India Donaldson.
All three principal performances are expertly synced and feel entirely lived in. But it’s Collias who gives the minimalist character study its lingering emotional amplitude, conveying the volatile inner life of a woman making discoveries not only about her camping companions but also about herself.
The film instinctively and lucidly shows how sometimes a coming of age can be thrust upon a person against their will.
The film is compelling and quietly thought-provoking as it peels back the layers of the relationships at the forefront, while also showcasing the discomfort that follows but isn’t always picked up on.
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