Review: Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nothing about this is easy When we meet Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) she's singing her heart out at the school talent show, but her song is drenched in subtext. "He makes me do things I don't want to" she sings. Then later when her family celebrates at the diner, her father refuses to compliment her because she's in a bad mood and she throws water at an unnamed boy's face. She then wanders into a crisis pregnancy center and is told she's 10 weeks pregnant. Her unwavering cousin/co-worker Skylar (Talia Ryder) steals money and travels with her to New York to get an abortion, since hey cannot get one in their home state of Pennsylvania without parental consent. Director Eliza Hittman is amazing at getting honest performances from young actors. I really connected with her first feature, It Felt Like Love , but was disappointed with her last, Beach Rats . But even though I didn't care for it, it's undeniable that everything happening felt very re...