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During a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam navigates the clash of egos between her father and his oldest friend.
Director
India Donaldson
Cast
Lily Collias, Sumaya Bouhbal, Valentine Black
Rating
Year
2024
Country
United States
Language
English
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Reviews
- "Through it all, Collias is so confident and assured that it feels like this is her fiftieth leading role instead of her first."
- Collider - "GOOD ONE is an acutely felt portrait of impending womanhood and a remarkable debut for India Donaldson."
- The Film Stage - "Its most distinctive quality is how much Donaldson and her trio of actors ... trust the subterranean, and allow it to do its work far beneath the surface, between the words."
- RogerEbert.com - "In its lived-in quality and gathering churn, GOOD ONE is a dream of an indie, from the craft in every frame to the humor, epiphanies and mysteries that gird its portraiture."
- Los Angeles Times - "GOOD ONE is a carefully crafted character study. It’s brought to life by perfectly calibrated performances, led by the young but brilliant Lily Collias. This is one hike everyone should experience."
- Film Threat - "The movie smoothly shifts from gentle comedy to emotional punch, modest in a way that sneaks up on you in the end, backed by Celia Hollander’s acoustic, folk-inflected score."
- New York Times - "A confident work of subtlety and truth."
- Autostraddle - "It’s a star-making turn: not just a good one, a great one."
- Austin Chronicle
Awards
- Independent Film Festival of Boston
- Champs-Élysées Film Festival
Festivals
- Sundance Film Festival
- Seattle Int'l Film Festival
- Berkshire Int'l Film Festival
- Provincetown Int'l Film Festival
- Frameline San Francisco Int'l LGBTQ Film Festival
- New Zealand Int'l Film Festival
- Melbourne Int'l Film Festival
- Nantucket Film Festival
- Milwaukee Film Festival
- Galway Film Fleadh
- Oak Cliff Film Festival
- and more...