"I watched the 2024 film Good One on the last leg of a long-haul flight. On the surface, it's a tranquil movie; long stretches are filled with the sounds of a summer forest. Still, it woke me right up. The movie follows a camping trip with a teenage girl named Sam, her father, and his friend Matt, a sad-sack recent divorcé."
"The movie follows a camping trip with a teenage girl named Sam, her father, and his friend Matt, a sad-sack recent divorcé. Over the course of their time in the woods, Sam quietly navigates her changing relationship with her father and her role in regard to the dynamic between the two men. Then something happens that tilts the film on its axis."
Good One is a tranquil, summer-forest-set film that becomes emotionally sharp when a teenage girl named Sam confronts disappointment and anger at her father's failure to protect her. The plot centers on a camping trip with Sam, her father, and his recent-divorce friend Matt, and traces Sam's changing relationship with her father as she matures. Dimension 20 is a game-show-style series in which players follow rules to play Dungeons & Dragons. Someone Like Us by Dinaw Mengestu provoked strong emotion. The Mountain Goats are noted as a longstanding musical favorite.
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