Always Shine
The film tells a story of two friends Anna & Beth who decide to have a weekend trip because they want to heal their rift which was broken by competition & jealousy. However, surprise events occur suddenly which lead to unexpected consequences.
20 March 1968, Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA
14 February 1980, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
7 June 1953, San Francisco, California, USA
1 April 1987, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1 April 1965, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
24 February 1988
20 October 1979, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
December 07, 2016
Always Shine is a gem of a film, a haunting, sobering depiction of female relationships couched within male-dominated spaces.December 01, 2016
[Takal has] created two characters with distinctly different approaches to femininity, but these are hard to separate from the women's habitual self-regard.November 23, 2016
Every casual exchange becomes a lunge for dominance, and the movie keeps you flinching.December 06, 2016
What's most gratifying is Levine and Sakal's ability to satisfyingly weave criticisms of the way Hollywood treats women into this tale of deteriorating female friendship.December 22, 2016
Despite good work from both its stars, and some interesting ideas, Always Shine ultimately amounts to less than the sum of its parts.December 01, 2016
As the fog closes in, so too does the foreboding, expertly tuned to fraught dissonance by director Sophia Takal, who blends art-house flourishes with such horror conventions as the spotty cellphone reception that signals trouble.December 01, 2016
FitzGerald and Davis are both excellent, convincingly turning the smallest, most seemingly harmless discussions into highly charged cat-and-mouse workouts.December 18, 2016
A twisty psychological thriller.November 24, 2016
"Always Shine" is a deft, assured movie with a sly self-reflexive undercurrent containing commentary on sexism and self-idealization that's provocative, and sometimes disturbing.December 02, 2016
Always Shine is a psychological thriller snuggly placed over a cutting feminist tract, like a comfy sweater.November 25, 2016
None of this would be possible without the extraordinary performances of these two actresses.