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Jul 21, 2020 · Sophia Takal's Always Shine is a tightly wound thriller that follows two best friends on a weekend getaway to Big Sur and unearths the true horror of Hollywood. Both women are aspiring actors; the competitive harshness between them escalates when one begins to garner more success than the other.
Nov 25, 2016 · Two 20-something actresses, Beth (Caitlin FitzGerald) and Anna (Mackenzie Davis), take a weekend road trip to the isolated Big Sur home of Anna’s aunt. Beth’s career has started to gain a kind of momentum. Yes, she is always cast as the obligatory naked blonde in horror movies, but still, she’s getting paid to do what she loves.
Always Shine received positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 90% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 49 reviews with an average rating of 7.07/10.
The tense and well-acted Always Shine tells an absorbing story while making a sharp, thought-provoking statement on women's roles in Hollywood. Read Critics Reviews. Page 1 of 4, 7 total...
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With Davis and FitzGerald turning in absolutely mesmerizing performances, Always Shine makes for a simple yet effective little chiller. Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 29, 2020
Apr 16, 2016 · Hitchcockian doubles from Hollywood’s lowest rungs retreat to Big Sur for a weekend of hiking, drinking and mutual torment in “Always Shine,” a psychological thriller that feels like “Persona”...
Nov 24, 2016 · On the surface, “Always Shine” is a tense thriller about failed female alliances — much of the time it seems poised to become a remake of “Persona,” as made by the horror director ...
Dec 6, 2016 · Always Shine is a fantastic thriller for two-thirds of its runtime, ending with a ballsy third act as admirable in its ambition as it is narratively frustrating. Sakal and Levine’s searing critique of Hollywood sexism and the socialized competition of female friendship is gripping for every scene that FitzGerald and Davis share.
Nov 25, 2016 · Always Shine is a potent psychological thriller, all right. But it's also a powerful statement on the very industry that produced it.
Always Shine: Directed by Sophia Takal. With Mackenzie Davis, Caitlin FitzGerald, Lawrence Michael Levine, Khan Baykal. Two women with differing degrees of success travel north from Los Angeles to Big Sur for a weekend vacation.
