★ 1 / 10
Utter trash. The plot idea had so much
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Utter trash. The plot idea had so much potential which was THROWN AWAY. TO THE TRASH.
Utter trash. The plot idea had so much potential which was THROWN AWAY. TO THE TRASH.
★ 7 / 10
Spoilers: I'd watch Riley Keough read the phone
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Spoilers: I'd watch Riley Keough read the phone book. Her ability to convey feelings, emtions, thoughts, beneath the surface stuff would make grandpa Elvis…
Spoilers: I'd watch Riley Keough read the phone book. Her ability to convey feelings, emtions, thoughts, beneath the surface stuff would make grandpa Elvis proud, and that holds if her grandpa were Joe Shmo. I feel almost the same way about Jenna Malone. I saw those two names and had to try this movie, and stayed throughout. The only disappointment was lack of story commitment --- Riley's "I love you" just before the wedding was just undefined enough to slide as friendship, though both women knew it was more, and on came the wedding. Worst, there is no ending. What happened to their love, closeness? We are left to speculate that it ended, or that it grew and superseded both marriages. That the feelings they shared were just fleeting, or that they were so big that the two would find a way back to one another and never leave. It questions what the nature of marriage is and what the nature of friendship can be. Were the principals saying nudge, nudge, wink, wink, we'll figure a way to have both -- each other and husbands. The flow could have been tighter and they could have fit more of those meat and potatoes into this plot. But I guess the long term was a bit too daunting for them to deal with. It ended more a marshmallow than a blockbuster, a slice of life rather than the big picture of a longtime relationship. Bravo to Riley and Jenna, and the rest of the cast was just window dressing, even Eggold and Arquette.
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★ 8 / 10
No bond can truly be broken or change
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No bond can truly be broken or change Director So Yong Kim tells a tale of friendship and deep connection starring Riley Keough and Jena Malone Neglected by…
No bond can truly be broken or change
Director So Yong Kim tells a tale of friendship and deep connection starring Riley Keough and Jena Malone
Neglected by her husband, Sarah embarks on an impromptu road trip with her young daughter, Jessie and her best friend, Mindy
Along the way, the dynamic between the two friends intensifies before circumstances force them apart
Years later, Sarah attempts to rebuild their intimate connection in the days before Mindy's wedding
Keough and Malone are so terrific together as two close friends, they never expect to grow closer as much as they do here
Lots of unusual feelings and conflicting emotions test their friendship, they know they can count on each other but who knows if they can still live their own lives separately
This is a very intimate character study relying on facial expressions rather than having everything told through verbalizing; love is love and our desires have to be muted in order to move on
Short, emotion-fueled, and very lifelike by centering on two female friends who go back and forth about how to go about their lives
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A powerful indie drama. Beautifully written and brilliantly performed.