From the NYT: 7 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week

On a camping trip, 17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) grapples with the immature behavior of her father (James Le Gros) and his old friend (Danny McCarthy) in this drama.

From our review:

“Good One” is the writer and director India Donaldson’s feature debut, and an astounding one, full of the kind of emotional detail that can only come from personal experience. The movie smoothly shifts from gentle comedy to emotional punch, modest in a way that sneaks up on you in the end, backed by Celia Hollander’s acoustic, folk-inflected score. For most of the film, we’re expecting something to happen to Sam — it feels inevitable, out here in the woods with two grown men. But when something does happen, it’s totally unexpected and revelatory.

In theaters. Read the full review.

More praise for GOOD ONE:

“Good One has the concision of a sharply etched short story, but what happens by the end can’t be easily summed up. Sam won’t soon forget the lessons of this particular trip, and neither will we.”
—NPR

“Dramatic subtlety makes Good One‘s coming-of-age a great one. India Donaldson skillfully makes her insightful, clever hike through the woods look like a walk in the park.”
—AVClub