Always Shine (2016)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2016
	Director: Sophia Takal
	Actors: Mackenzie Davis, Caitlin FitzGerald, Lawrence Michael Levine
	Country: USA
	Genre: Thriller, Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 30.05.2017, Cine Santander Cultural, FANTASPOA2017
Synopsis: Two actress friends head out for a week-end in south California. They talk about the successes and dreams in their lives.
Review: This movie deals at length with the life of young actresses in the very hard Hollywood world. I don't remember seeing often such a movie talking about Hollywood under that angle, except for one: Starry Eyes which I found excellent. I was not as impressed by Always Shine but it does contain some good moment. I could say that it is a movie for girls, in fact those two friends spend most of the movie talking to each other about their lives. But I was not bored by those dialogs, they are well-written and acted, and in fact just allow us to take the time to get closer to our characters, so that at some point you can tell how different their complex personalities are: one successful but outrageously shy and undecided (getting on my nerves in fact) and the other much more direct and frank but unsuccessful in life. Some meetings with other people during this week-end further complexify their relationship to the point of explosion, when the movie takes a radical turn: SPOILER, highlight to read: the two actresses swap roles. The seems like an acting exercise but in fact is part of the story-telling, and leads to an open conclusion that leaves the audience thinking. An interesting movie for the emphasis placed on actors performance.
Rating: 6 /10