Chestnut

Name: Chestnut
Genre: Drama
Released: June 21, 2024
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 51

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Meteor Film | Release Date: June 21, 2024 | Not Rated

Summary: Annie (Natalia Dyer) just graduated college and she's stuck in her university town of Philly for the summer. She's ready to start her new job in LA come fall, but something is holding her back. As she falls into an aimless summer, she finds herself entangled with Tyler (Rachel Keller), a woman she meets at a bar one night and Danny (DannyAnnie (Natalia Dyer) just graduated college and she's stuck in her university town of Philly for the summer. She's ready to start her new job in LA come fall, but something is holding her back. As she falls into an aimless summer, she finds herself entangled with Tyler (Rachel Keller), a woman she meets at a bar one night and Danny (Danny Ramirez), Tyler's co-worker or best friend or…? Annie can never tell.… Expand

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 87 min

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Collider Taylor Gates

Jul 2, 2024

Chestnut is an effective and enjoyable if rather simple and slight coming-of-age movie about a unique time in a person’s life that few filmmakers have chosen to focus on. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sarah-Tai Black

Jun 21, 2024

Compact in its runtime, “Chestnut” offers a softly lyrical glimpse of young life on the precipice of a new and uncertain future. Read full review

IndieWire David Opie

Jun 18, 2024

There’s an element of finding yourself, of course, because that’s what you do when you’re coming of age in a summer set film on screen, but the script feels underdeveloped still — a work in progress like Annie, herself. Read full review

Emma Keates

Jun 20, 2024

Despite the actors’ best efforts, they can never quite overcome a script that simply doesn’t have anything new to add to the conversation. Read full review

The Film Stage Oliver Weir

Jun 20, 2024

What is detectable of the film’s Everest-thin atmosphere mainly derives from the warmly lit bars in which the somnambulant Annie constantly appears to have awoken. They sometimes exude lust and possibility, thanks to cinematographer Matt Clegg, but their potential is never fully realized, since they are mostly used as spaces to storm out of or quietly drift into, or else as generic backgrounds for interminable small talk. Read full review

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