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  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Good Deed Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Good Deed Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary Lou and her best friend Chantal plan to get out of their isolated, run-down town and move to a city far, far away. When Chantal’s unstable and possessive ex violates her during a night of partying, the girls decide to exact their revenge on him through a night of vandalism and debauchery. The consequences of their actions are devastating...

Directed By: Jasmin Mozaffari

Written By: Jasmin Mozaffari

  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Good Deed Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Good Deed Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m

Firecrackers

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary Lou and her best friend Chantal plan to get out of their isolated, run-down town and move to a city far, far away. When Chantal’s unstable and possessive ex violates her during a night of partying, the girls decide to exact their revenge on him through a night of vandalism and debauchery. The consequences of their actions are devastating...

Directed By: Jasmin Mozaffari

Written By: Jasmin Mozaffari

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100
Jul 11, 2019
It’s rare for a feature debut to be as fully realized and executed as Firecrackers. It’s as if someone forgot to tell director/writer Mozaffari that making your first feature film is a tough go, filled with doubts, indecision and second guessing; her choices never seem obvious yet always feel right.
By Thom Ernst FULL REVIEW
90
Jul 11, 2019
Firecrackers isn’t just a confident feature debut from Mozaffari, but a daring one, the kind of fast and furious feminine filmmaking that heralds the arrival of several exciting new talents.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 15, 2019
Mozaffari has an incredible eye for the details that bring a situation or place to life, working with inexperienced actors to create electrifying characters and a sense of edgy unpredictability.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 11, 2019
This is a movie that, like its characters, is more fluent in feelings than in words.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 29, 2019
The story may be overly familiar, but the language is slangy and crude, the sex is teen-impulsive and primitive, and the confrontations — on a littered beach, in that school parking lot, in a pool hall — are alarming. Firecrackers is a simple tale told with a raw ferocity and fuse-burning-down dread for the explosions to come.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 11, 2019
For all that it dances on familiar ground, Firecrackers ends on a pleasingly opaque note. It’s attractively shot by Catherine Lutes, and smartly cast with unknowns, making it more than just a calling card for its young writer/director. There’s much to take note of here foom Mozaffari and her all-female crew.
By Fionnuala Halligan FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 12, 2019
It’s an all too familiar, almost clichéd tale you’ve heard and seen before, complete with a much-yearned freedom journey to nowhere. But Mozaffari gradually makes this particular doomed excursion her own with a distinct style, even though her plotting choices don’t approach a sense of high-stakes urgency.
By Tomris Laffly FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Prowler Film, Wildling Pictures, Alcina Pictures
Release Date Jul 12, 2019
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating TV-MA
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Awards

Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Riviera International Film Festival
• 4 Nominations
Directors Guild of Canada
• 3 Nominations

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