| C | Sundance Film Festival 2026 |
It’s very possible the problem with this film is me, but I just could not get into it.
I’m not sure I can pinpoint the reason. At times it felt like nothing of any significance was happening, but in hindsight I don’t think that was true. Maybe all the actions were so low key they did not stir me? The writer/director calls the two main characters “broken souls,” maybe I had trouble relating to them? Maybe the characters had different goals than I would have had? (Both their final acts were surprising to me, though they probably were not so unexpected for those characters.) I really cannot tell what my issue is.
In the long run, I really struggled to get through to the end. Normally that would earn a D rating from me, but I recognize a lot of skill in the directing and acting so I’m grading it a C. Perhaps one of you will appreciate it more than I did.
[This film won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Debut Feature.]
