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- 2024
- R
- Metrograph Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
- 2024
- R
- Metrograph Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
Summary On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend.
Directed By: India Donaldson
Written By: India Donaldson
- 2024
- R
- Metrograph Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
- 2024
- R
- Metrograph Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
Good One
6.2
Summary On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend.
Directed By: India Donaldson
Written By: India Donaldson
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
87
93% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
7% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
87
93% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
7% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Good One is, among its infinite attributes, an ode to a style of filmmaking that appears to be humble, yet still manages to be devastating and humanistic to its very core. Mostly, it’s just a great f*cking movie, full stop.
Good One shows that growing up can begin with a single conversation that illuminates, for someone like Sam, how far she has left to go.
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.
A quietly explosive tale of disconnection and betrayal, its placid exterior masking a wellspring of combustible tensions that are both impossible to ignore and difficult to resolve.
Modest and casual until the exact moment when the film’s master plan suddenly clicks into place like the hammer of a gun transforming a neutral tool into a deadly weapon, “Good One” is the kind of movie that tightens its complete lack of tension into a knot in the pit of your stomach.
All three principal performances are expertly synced and feel entirely lived in. But it’s Collias who gives the minimalist character study its lingering emotional amplitude, conveying the volatile inner life of a woman making discoveries not only about her camping companions but also about herself.
The film is compelling and quietly thought-provoking as it peels back the layers of the relationships at the forefront, while also showcasing the discomfort that follows but isn’t always picked up on.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 User Ratings
6.2
67% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
11% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
22% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 User Ratings
6.2
67% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
11% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
22% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
Good One has a confident authorial voice, but technical inexpertise gets in the way. The pivotal scene takes place around the campfire, and it uses so many camera angles that it’s impossible to tell when characters are looking at each other.
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