"Best. Holiday. Evah!” It’s an emphatic, exuberant mantra, belted out like a terrace chant and toasted with shots of toxic novelty alcohol throughout a hedonistic package trip to the party town of Malia in Crete.
For teenage school friends Tara (Mia Mckenna Bruce), Skye (Lara Peake) and Em (Enva Lewis), this trip is a rite of passage: a post-exam celebration that plays out to a soundtrack of air horns, techno and blurry late-night declarations of undying friendship. And for Tara, it may be the opportunity for her to finally divest herself of her virginity. But, as this terrific debut from DoP-turned-director Molly Manning Walker shows, there comes a point at which the riotous, relentless good times stop being fun.
(Wendy Ide, Screen Daily)
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"Best. Holiday. Evah!” It’s an emphatic, exuberant mantra, belted out like a terrace chant and toasted with shots of toxic novelty alcohol throughout a hedonistic package trip to the party town of Malia in Crete.
For teenage school friends Tara (Mia Mckenna Bruce), Skye (Lara Peake) and Em (Enva Lewis), this trip is a rite of passage: a post-exam celebration that plays out to a soundtrack of air horns, techno and blurry late-night declarations of undying friendship. And for Tara, it may be the opportunity for her to finally divest herself of her virginity. But, as this terrific debut from DoP-turned-director Molly Manning Walker shows, there comes a point at which the riotous, relentless good times stop being fun.
(Wendy Ide, Screen Daily)
For teenage school friends Tara (Mia Mckenna Bruce), Skye (Lara Peake) and Em (Enva Lewis), this trip is a rite of passage: a post-exam celebration that plays out to a soundtrack of air horns, techno and blurry late-night declarations of undying friendship. And for Tara, it may be the opportunity for her to finally divest herself of her virginity. But, as this terrific debut from DoP-turned-director Molly Manning Walker shows, there comes a point at which the riotous, relentless good times stop being fun.
(Wendy Ide, Screen Daily)
Info
Rating
Not allowed under 12 yrs
Production year
2023
Global distributor
MUBI
Local distributor
KP Distribution
In Cinemas
7/12/2024