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  Review by Lucy ★★★★ 1

  “my guitar class is a patriarchy”

  super cute and touches casually on various important topics in just the right way, amplifying it beyond the realm of just “super cute” into “actually really good” territory as well. also it’s really interesting how they managed to somehow find the cutest kid in the world

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  Review by k(arst)en ★★★★ 6

  One of the most charming and midwest films of the last few years. Fresh and egoless take on a necessary subject. To any NY and LA readers out there, go see it this weekend! Not just saying this because Alex Thompson helped me get equipment for Keychain. (thanks Alex!)

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  Review by Ella Kemp ★★★★

  This film understands how raw bodies and hearts are. The way you start crying and then cry even more because there’s a tear stain, or a blood stain, you’ve given yourself a headache and you haven’t finished your work, you burnt your dinner, you sent the wrong text message, you shouted at someone you shouldn’t have and your hormones and feelings and fears and desires are all mixed up and overwhelming and you stain something else and that makes you cry even more. You’re a mess in a way that only you know, because it’s private, but that also anyone who has ever wanted to show you love will work to understand. Saint Frances knows all of this, it knows you’re tired, and it makes everything else a mess to show you that it cares, that it gets it. To show that you’re not alone, and you never will be.

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  Review by jourdain searles ★★★★

  reminds me of why i love movies in the first place

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  Review by ˗ˏˋ Liam ˊˎ˗ ★★★★★ 4

  this has such a big heart and is so beautiful and honest and i just can’t believe one of 2020’s best films has been hiding from me for this long!!!!! everyone give this a watch please!!!!! you won’t regret it 💛

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  Review by movie enjoyer ★★★★½

  im always like "i would never have a baby" and then i watch a movie that stars the most adorable kid i've ever seen and my maternal instinct immediately kicks into overdrive

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  Review by fran hoepfner ★★★★

  hard not to see this as a spiritual successor to Princess Cyd, an equally warm movie that is more about making peace with locality of your life than it is about any grander aspirations. I might prefer Saint Frances, maybe for simple stupid selfish reasons, maybe because it is about the relentless bravery of trial and error in one's own life. listen, there are movies where things blow up, and there are movies that manage to squeeze multitudinous nervous breakdowns into 100 minutes (DM for flow chart). is there a better place in the world than Lake Michigan in July? congrats to every 26 year old man living in Logan Square (maybe Avondale?) - hope this one is huge for you.

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  Review by kevinyang ★★★★

  The type of wonderful little discovery that reminds you why you love indie film. Kelly O’Sullivan’s script is funny, charming, and remarkably honest, as is her performance. Not every moment lands, but those that do do so with a striking openness and a clear desire to make spoken what is so often unspoken. Frances herself is more than just a cute kid who exists to serve the main character’s journey - she certainly has that role, but the central relationship between her and Bridget is handled beautifully and with complexity. This is certainly a very specific type of experience that won’t necessarily resonate with everyone, but the way in which everything from mental health to menstrual blood is portrayed in the film - without shame or judgement - is something we need more of generally. Impressive debut, excited to see what these two do next.

  GRADE: B+

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  Review by MJsays ★★★½

  It has the same ‘cutesy’ vibe that most lighthearted indies commonly fall victim to, but the performances are appropriately organic and the final product radiates with a level of honesty that makes it hard not to appreciate.

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  Review by Ella Kemp ★★★★

  “If you had the choice to never exist at all or the exact life you’re having now, would you have chosen to be born?”

  This is so gorgeous and warm and sensitive and smart — very special little movie full of so many wonderful women

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  Review by Laura ★★★½ 1

  this film!! :’) so many of the things we keep private are not hidden because we are afraid of what other people will think, but afraid of what we’ll think of ourselves once we confirm it. it’s the kind of film that lightly touches on all those fears & judgements we bury, just to assure us that they are not the giants we’ve let them become. and what a relief it is to hear someone release you from a burden you built yourself. giving you permission to wear it, and then take it off.

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  Review by ivy wolk ★★★★★

  I LOVE WOMEN 😭♥️♥️