Firecrackers

Name: Firecrackers
Genre: Drama
Released: July 12, 2019
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 80
Cast: Callum Thompson, David Kingston, Dylan Mask, Gabe Meacher, Karena Evans

2019

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levelFILM | Release Date: July 12, 2019 | TV-MA

Starring: Callum Thompson, David Kingston, Dylan Mask, Gabe Meacher, Karena Evans, Michaela Kurimsky, Robert Cormier, Scott Cleland, Tamara LeClair, Tarick Glancy

Summary: Lou and her best friend Chantal plan to get out of their isolated, run-down town and move to a city far, far away. When Chantal’s unstable and possessive ex violates her during a night of partying, the girls decide to exact their revenge on him through a night of vandalism and debauchery. The consequences of their actions are devastating,Lou and her best friend Chantal plan to get out of their isolated, run-down town and move to a city far, far away. When Chantal’s unstable and possessive ex violates her during a night of partying, the girls decide to exact their revenge on him through a night of vandalism and debauchery. The consequences of their actions are devastating, threatening the girls’ chances of ever leaving. The more Lou fights tooth-and-nail to save her friendship and hold onto her dreams, the more she spins out of control as she begins to realize that freedom will come at a high cost.… Expand

Director: Jasmin Mozaffari

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 93 min

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Thom Ernst

Jul 11, 2019

It’s rare for a feature debut to be as fully realized and executed as Firecrackers. It’s as if someone forgot to tell director/writer Mozaffari that making your first feature film is a tough go, filled with doubts, indecision and second guessing; her choices never seem obvious yet always feel right. Read full review

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Barry Hertz

May 8, 2019

Firecrackers is not as casually joyful as its title suggests – but it is absolutely as incendiary. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Jul 11, 2019

Firecrackers isn’t just a confident feature debut from Mozaffari, but a daring one, the kind of fast and furious feminine filmmaking that heralds the arrival of several exciting new talents. Read full review

Alex Saveliev

Jul 11, 2019

Foul-mouthed, unapologetic, visceral, and authentic, Firecrackers also happens to be sharply edited, its narrative complemented by Casey MQ’s gorgeous electronic ambient/drone score. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Jul 11, 2019

This is a movie that, like its characters, is more fluent in feelings than in words. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jun 29, 2019

The story may be overly familiar, but the language is slangy and crude, the sex is teen-impulsive and primitive, and the confrontations — on a littered beach, in that school parking lot, in a pool hall — are alarming. Firecrackers is a simple tale told with a raw ferocity and fuse-burning-down dread for the explosions to come. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Tomris Laffly

Jul 12, 2019

It’s an all too familiar, almost clichéd tale you’ve heard and seen before, complete with a much-yearned freedom journey to nowhere. But Mozaffari gradually makes this particular doomed excursion her own with a distinct style, even though her plotting choices don’t approach a sense of high-stakes urgency. Read full review

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