A teen cancer romance with bracingly dark comedic shadings. Anna (Essie Davis) and Henry (Ben Mendelsohn) will do anything to make their dying daughter Milla (Eliza Scanlen) happy, even if it means inviting Moses (Toby Wallace), her drug-pushing, face-tatted miscreant of a boyfriend, to come live with them. They even go so far as backing his business endeavors, giving Moses free reign over their medicine cabinet and so supplying the lad with mucho opioids to sell. This is the first film for both director Shannon Murphy and screenwriter Rita Kalnejais. Narratively speaking, their lack of permanent teeth might explain some of the more scattered film-school capriciousness on display. (Psychiatrist Henry leaves a patient hanging on the couch while he runs next door to change the lightbulb of the pregnant, chain-smoking teen he fancies.) See it for Scanlen who, in her first screen appearance, imbues Milla with a simultaneous ability to recognize love, independence, and the sound of the second-hand ticking away. (2019) — Scott Marks
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