Never Rarely Sometimes Always is the second feature film written and directe by Eliza Hitmann. The story follows a 17-year old girl named Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) in a small town somewhere in Pennsylvania who had recently found out she's 10-week pregnant. Together with her cousin and best friend Skylar (Talia Ryder), they travel to New York city in order to abort the unwanted child.
Not much is spoken between the duo in the course of this journey, all the feelings, needs and thoughts are given through a gaze, a smile or sometimes a hand touch. The film uses many many close-ups of Autums's face, whereever she might be, along with a powerful ambient music. We get to know her through these moments, and we feel her pain in ourselves.
This film has 2 major subplots, the first being the abortion and unwanted pregnancy and director Hittman masterfully delivers her message through this film. the second subplot was the beautiful friendship of the two girls, a friendship that, as is shown in the film, above all other things in this world. I was extremely impressed by this aspect of the film and the brilliant performance of Flanigan and Ryder was a big factor in this regard.
this film is not easy to sit through, it's definitely not a date or popcorn film, but it's an important one and it will stay with you for a while at least.
Not much is spoken between the duo in the course of this journey, all the feelings, needs and thoughts are given through a gaze, a smile or sometimes a hand touch. The film uses many many close-ups of Autums's face, whereever she might be, along with a powerful ambient music. We get to know her through these moments, and we feel her pain in ourselves.
This film has 2 major subplots, the first being the abortion and unwanted pregnancy and director Hittman masterfully delivers her message through this film. the second subplot was the beautiful friendship of the two girls, a friendship that, as is shown in the film, above all other things in this world. I was extremely impressed by this aspect of the film and the brilliant performance of Flanigan and Ryder was a big factor in this regard.
this film is not easy to sit through, it's definitely not a date or popcorn film, but it's an important one and it will stay with you for a while at least.