This is a wild romp British road movie. Faced with an upcoming separation following a bitter custody battle, an older sister kidnaps her hostile younger sibling in order to establish a sisterly connection before it is too late. The events occur over the course of a single weekend, but enough crazy incidents occur to fill up a lifetime. Things do not start off well, as the younger Kelly is stuffed in the trunk of a car while still wearing her pyjamas, and get stranger as they encounter various friendly and malevolent characters along the road.

The screenplay is sophisticated, with a particularly astute ability to pick up on genuine middle-class exchanges between parents and their charges. The distraught parents soon involve the police in the search for their missing children, but the results are often just plain funny, as in trying to explain how a dildo they have never seen before ended up in their car.

Ruby Barker (WOLFBLOOD) does an extraordinary job as the older sister Yakira in her first feature lead role. With her mane of long curly black hair and her brash and sassy attitude, she has an unforgettable screen presence.

The film is just plain trippy at times, as many of the sequences have a dream-like visual quality, even while the scenes involving the parents seem like British kitchen-sink drama. With nuances of a British thriller and naturalistic drama, this debut feature from Edward Morris marks the arrival of a promising new directorial talent.

Buffalo International Film Festival
Nevada City Film Festival