Monday, June 24, 2024, 8:30 PM, Roxie
not available in the Digital Screening Room streaming encore
⚠️Content advisory: contains themes of abuse
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| Good One |
Sam and her father Chris go on a hiking/camping trip to bond. It was supposed to be a foursome, with Chris’s best friend Matt and Matt’s son Dylan, but Dylan bailed for reasons having something to do with his parents’ recent divorce, so Sam is stuck with two little boys with dad bods telling dad jokes. The scenery they’re hiking through is beautiful, but that’s about all this film has going for it. Matt is a mess and Chris is in a little world of his own, leaving Sam to be the adult. The only LGBTQ+ content is a few brief texts and video calls with Sam’s new girlfriend Jessie. In all, there was just far too little story for a feature-length film, with another group of campers thrown in for no apparent reason, and some vague hints of past problems between some of our trio, surfacing in an unpleasant interaction that they struggle to deal with appropriately. I was underwhelmed. Neutral recommendation. Of course, the critics are raving about it, and it has won several awards, and is coming out in theaters in August.
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