Always Shine

  • 2016


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3.5
Movie Review Movie Review Always Shine B Movie Review Always Shine B B Always Shine Director Sophia Takal Runtime 85 minutes Rating Not Rated Cast Mac .. Av Club
3.8
Tribeca Review: Mackenzie Davis and Caitlin FitzGerald Get Primal in Tense Thriller Always Shine READ MORE: Indiewires 2016 Tribeca Bible: Every Revie .. Indie Wire
4.0
Their diabolical chemistry is nothing short of scrumptious, bringing home a 21st century horror story soaked in social importance. We Got This Covered
4.0
Two actors spar for alpha status in Sophia Takals provocative mysterya twisty film with a swap up its sleeve. Time Out
3.5
0 Women who are on the verge of a nervous breakdown is delicious film genre of its own, but most of these filmsbrilliant as they arehave come from the .. Collider
3.9
Talking about the first and second acts of Sophia Takals Always Shine without talking about the third is a challenge. Paste Magazine
3.8
Director Sophia Takal is interested in the murky powerful undertows beneath female friendship, the dark sides of supposed safe spaces and just how thr .. Rogerebert
3.2
A twisty psychological thriller..Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz A twisty psychological thriller stylishly directed by former indie actress Sophia Takal ( .. Sover
2.5
Oscilloscope Laboratories is marketing this indie feature as a thriller, though director Sophia Takal (Green) describes it as a study in female identi .. Chicago Reader
3.8
Become a fan on Facebook Follow on Twitter Review by Mark Dujsik | December 1, 2016 There is, of course, the unique pain of an actor being rejected fo .. Mark Reviews Movies
3.2
A classic case of a film whose reach exceeds its grasp, director Sophia Takals audacious psychological thriller Always Shine is half of a great movie .. Ew
3.0
Davis clearly relishes this role and delivers a standout performance, really letting rip. | Photo: Mark Schwartzbard The old maxim write about what yo .. Eye For Film
2.5
Film critic, documentarian, and New York Film Festival director Kent Jones has a range of knowledge and influence thats virtually unrivaled in the cri .. Slant Magazine
4.5
Celebrated filmmaker Agnes Varda, who spent the better part of her life ruminating on the nature of time, the interior and exterior lives of women, an .. Slant Magazine
3.5
Always Shine opens with a title card quoting the modeling agency founder John Robert Powers as saying that a woman is the bowl of flowers at the table .. The New York Times
3.2
Always Shine effectively lingers with a pair of deeply committed performances and Takals layered dissection of the vulnerabilities inherent in the wor .. The Film Stage
3.0
Actor Sophia Takal directs a psychological thriller about two aspiring actresses. Hollywood Reporter
4.5
Even without a conventionally satisfying ending, though, the two lead performances make Always Shine a fascinating entry into the pantheon of films ab .. Birth Movies Death
3.5
In Takals hands, this frenemies premise becomes something richly subversive, deliciously wicked, dangerously sexy, and uniquely thrilling. Pajiba
3.5
The frenemies at the center of the sleek psychological thriller Always Shine are actresses of the same age. Los Angeles Times
2.5
Hitchcockian doubles from Hollywoods lowest rungs retreat to Big Sur for a weekend of hiking, drinking and mutual torment in Always Shine, a psycholog .. Variety
3.5
Always Shine is a fantastic thriller for two thirds of its runtime, ending with a ballsy third act as admirable in its ambition as it is narratively f .. Consequence Of Sound
3.0
Nice girls play by the rules.They turn their shoulders inward and nibble on the ends of their slim fingers, nervous about all those difficult thoughts .. La Weekly
4.0
Actress friends Beth and Anna head away for a countryside weekend together to rekindle their flagging friendship. Star Burst Magazine
5.0
Always Shine is a potent statement on gender and femininity, disguised as an avant garde thriller. Ib Times
3.0
Its ideas and themes could fill a pamphlet, but it communicates in the language of a sleek and brainy genre cinema. Metro New York
4.0
BEST OF THE FEST (cont.) 1.Always Shine Actor/director Sophia Takals psychological thriller follows a pair of actor friends (Mackenzie Davis and Caitl .. Flavor Wire
4.0
This unsettling phantasmagoric, psychological thriller unnerves with its sharp slaying of the Hollywood industrys rampant sexism. Fresh Fiction
4.5
The Eyes of My Mother is absolutely not for everyone, but if youre always on the lookout for something strikingly different in your horror selections .. Third Coast Review
3.0
Takal dips her troubled femmes with the type of transcendental touches weve come to expect from cabalistic expressions of madness at the art house. Ion Cinema
4.0
RECOMMENDED As in her first feature, Green, Sophia Takals Always Shine is attentive to the slipperiness of identity under pressure but, working from a .. New City Film
4.5
This metaphysical meditation on lifes meaningless theatricality is topped off by an outtakes reel over the end credits, like youd find in a Jackie Cha .. Fw Weekly
4.5
Sophia Takals unnerving Always Shine is the most overtly (and awesomely) feminist horror movie since last years Felt. Sf Weekly
4.5
Two young actresses Beth (Caitlin FItzgerald) and Anna (Mackenzie Davis) retreat to the latters aunts house in Big Sur for a best friends getaway week .. Battleship Pretension
1.5
And who doesnt love a movie about actresses I think Im preaching to the choir here. The Film Experience
3.0
Always Shine is a mostly engrossing tale of friendship and jealousy that builds and builds before it twists and turns down the home stretch. FanboyNation.com
3.0
Director Sophia Takal makes some interesting choices, but ultimately, the story doesnt quite come together Bust
3.5
Always Shine is a significant work on the burden of gender in society. El antepenúltimo mohicano ..
3.5
Always Shine Directed by Sophia Takal Opens November 25 at the Village East Always Shine casts the psychologies of female friendship in a Persona insp .. Bk Mag
4.5
Lord knows the patriarchy loves a woman who goes with the flow and doesnt cause a scene.
4.0
With a haunting finale and two fantastic performances from Mackenzie Davis and Caitlin FitzGerald, this is another winner from Lawrence Michael Levine .. Film Pulse
1.0
An audible gasp went through the crowd on Thursday when local real estate agent Brint Wahlberg announced that the median sales price of housing in Mis .. Missoula News
3.5
With Davis and FitzGerald turning in absolutely mesmerizing performances, Always Shine makes for a simple yet effective little chiller. Horror Queers Podcast
5.0
Always Shine is a remarkable film carried by a strong script and even stronger performances. The Blue Lenses
4.5
There is not a beat to miss or a beat amiss in Sophia Takals standout second feature, Always Shine. StageBuddy.com
3.0
Completely bereft of momentum, it staggers and stumbles its torturous way through an eighty five minute run time without offering anything creative or ..



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