British actor Harris Dickinson gives a smashing breakthrough performance in Beach Rats. He plays Frankie, a Brooklyn teen having a sexual-identity crisis. He's attracted to men, but the bros he hangs with are, well, the opposite of enlightened. Frankie's confusion escalates when he meets Simone (the excellent Madeline Weinstein), a girl who might make his life a whole lot easier. But Internet chat rooms give Frankie the chance to score hookups with older men. The sex is secret, but Frankie's hunger for it is palpable.
Writer-director Eliza Hittman, a Brooklynite herself,...
Writer-director Eliza Hittman, a Brooklynite herself,...
- 8/25/2017
- Rollingstone.com
"I don't really know what I like..." Neon has unveiled the official full-length trailer for indie drama Beach Rats, the second feature from filmmaker Eliza Hittman, following up her debut It Felt Like Love. This originally premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in January, where it won the Best Director award. Newcomer Harris Dickinson plays Frankie, an aimless youth on the outer edges of Brooklyn, struggling to escape his bleak home life. He spends his summer balancing time between his delinquent group of friends, a potential new girlfriend, and older men he meets online. The cast includes Nicole Flyus, Frank Hakaj, Kate Hodge and Neal Huff. Despite some good reviews, this looks like pretentious art house drivel to me. Here's the full-length trailer (+ poster) for Eliza Hittman's Beach Rats, direct from Neon's YouTube: You can also still watch the first teaser trailer for Beach Rats here, to see even less footage from this.
- 7/23/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Brand new distribution company Neon has debuted a teaser trailer for the film Beach Rats, the second feature from filmmaker Eliza Hittman, following up her debut It Felt Like Love. This film just premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in January, where it won the Best Director award. Newcomer Harris Dickinson plays Frankie, an aimless youth on the outer edges of Brooklyn, struggling to escape his bleak home life. He spends his summer balancing time between his delinquent friends, a potential new girlfriend, and older men he meets online. The cast includes Nicole Flyus, Frank Hakaj, Kate Hodge and Neal Huff. I'm not fond of this teaser - doesn't tell me enough about the film or why I should be interested in it. Here's the first official teaser trailer for Eliza Hittman's Beach Rats, direct from Neon's YouTube: An aimless teenager (Harris Dickinson) on the outer edges of Brooklyn...
- 2/8/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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