Good One

"Donaldson crafts the most profound debut of the year so far all within a neatly polished runtime, something that has been hard to come by as of late."

"It is humanity, with all of its beauties and disappointments, as most of us experience it."

"A reminder that there are always smart, interesting films being released, if you’re willing to look beyond the obvious."

"As a debut, Good One is good enough, a sensitively performed drama of a journey into the wild."

"Good One is beautifully observed, making its point without being too obvious, and perfectly judged in that it doesn’t waste a single shot."

"The movie smoothly shifts from gentle comedy to emotional punch, modest in a way that sneaks up on you in the end"

"So much of the grace and, ultimately, the emotional resonance of Good One lies in Collias’ performance, and how she turns a symphony of reaction shots into a portrait of a woman caught in a crossfire of middle-aged male malaise."

"In its lived-in quality and gathering churn, “Good One” is a dream of an indie, from the craft in every frame to the humor, epiphanies and mysteries that gird its portraiture."

"It’s a star-making turn: not just a good one, a great one."

"India Donaldson’s short, sharp, subtle tale of a teenager on a camping trip with her father and his best friend."

"Despite a few lines of dialogue veering into on-the-nose territory, at its best “Good One” catches fragments of a lifetime in a sentence or two."