More like sinking. A sub-Sundance (meaning Slamdance) independent film by Robert J. Siegel, to do with the plight of a scrub-faced young woman unconcerned about her looks (baggy overalls and T-shirts), trapped in the teeming fleshpot of Myrtle Beach. Her best and evidently only buddy, a professional body piercer all too happy to sample her own wares, is soon in jealous competition with a busty new blonde in town and a nomadic hippie hophead. A question of sexual identity begins to form, but is never quite asked, much less answered. (No fault of Lauren Ambrose, an actress who hides nothing behind her face.) The minutes crawl, the seconds tick. Finally there's a freeze-frame and it's over. The puniness of ambition never overtakes the puniness of budget. With Jennifer Dundas Lowe, Joelle Carter, and Jamie Harrold. (2002) — Duncan Shepherd
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