Fourteen
Synopsis
Mara and Jo have been friends since they were 14. Mara is dependable, Jo is troubled. Time passes and brings new jobs and relationships, together with drugs, tears and a pregnancy, all of which pull at their bond. What’s the nature of friendship?
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Medel and Kuhling render these characters into an incredible odd couple from the start, yet their hot/cold friendship, with its clashing senses of care and duty, couldn’t be more believable.
K. Austin Collins
June 11, 2020
4Columns
The rare movie that intelligently and compassionately honors the push-pull dynamic between two young women.
Melissa Anderson
May 22, 2020
It’s the film’s brutal honesty that makes it so heart-wrenchingly vivid, a fine-grained ode to friendship that ends on an affecting note.
Leonardo Goi
May 15, 2020
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