Good One (2024)
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- Synopsis:
- Chris (James Le Gros) and his daughter Sam (Lily Collias), hike with Chris' friend, Matt (Danny McCarthy). The film builds suspense. The climax is one with which women are all too familiar. Sam tells her father, and his reaction does not satisfy her. Her subsequent actions are a clear communication with both Chris and Matt. Her father finally hears her, and puts her in the driving seat. Recommended as a rare filmic depiction of an everyday occurrence.
- Actors:
- Lily Collias, Sumaya Bouhbal, Valentine Black, Diana Irvine, James Le Gros, Danny McCarthy, Julian Grady, Becca Morrin, Sarah Wilson, Samuel Lanier, Eric Yates, Peter McNally
- Directors:
- India Donaldson
- Producers:
- Wilson Cameron, India Donaldson, Diana Irvine, Graham Mason
- Writers:
- India Donaldson
- Genres:
- Drama
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Fresh Air, Sharp Edges - Good One review by griggs
On paper it’s a simple weekend hike in the Catskills: a teenage girl, her dad, and his best mate. In practice it’s a pressure cooker disguised as fresh air, where manners do laps around the truth.
India Donaldson films faces like landscapes. In close-up you catch the micro-edits: a smile held a beat too long, a sentence rerouted mid-word. The pauses aren’t dead space; they’re decisions — what to swallow, what to risk, who gets to be comfortable.
Lily Collias is terrific as Sam, all watchful calm and precise timing, letting tiny reactions land like punchlines you don’t laugh at. The film stays delicate without getting precious, and the pitch is so exact you can feel the emotional weather changing. It doesn’t twist the knife; it just leaves it on the table.