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Movie Review: “Raise Your Hand” if think Writing a Play will Get You Out of Hard Luck High
“Raise Your Hand” is an earnest, well-acted indie drama seriously undercut by coarseness, cliches and stereotypes. Writer-director Jessica Rae’s debut feature is about coming of age and finding your voice. The stakes are pretty high for a high school story … Continue reading
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Movie Review: An Estranged Father and Son find middle ground at the “Chicken Coop”
“Chicken Coop” is a drab indie dramedy about dogmatic parents, children who left home to escape that and “bonding” over home repair as they fight over literally everything else. Decent acting doesn’t atone for low-stakes drama, low-heat scenes and dated, … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard-chickens, chickens, coop, indie-drama, movie-review, utah
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