Josh:
This movie tried to Sundance its way into my heart but this type of film feels kind of programmatic by now, and despite Dame Dickey’s fine work as a taciturn middle aged woman looking for love, it settles for cute when it could be funny, and I didn’t find its longeurs as poetic as it seemed like they were meant to be, but hell, maybe I was just feeling too tired to appreciate it. ⏰⏰
Steph:
This film is really boring, but there’s a magic radio and a cool camp-side jam sesh, and the cinematography and landscape are so lush I wanted to reach through the screen and smell all the yellow flowers, and Dale Dickey choked me up in her portrayal of an older woman’s loneliness and grief and desire—a story we don’t get to see often enough on the big screen. ⏰⏰⏰
The Bare Minimum 