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Sun Don't Shine

Sun Don't Shine

2013
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
1h 30m
"Sun Don't Shine" follows Crystal (Kate Lyn Sheil) and her boyfriend Leo (Kentucker Audley) on a tense and mysterious road trip through the desolate yet hauntingly beautiful landscape of central Florida. As the couple travels up the Gulf Coast the disturbing details of their excursion gradually begin to emerge, revealing Crystal's sinister past and the couple's troubling future. (Amy Seimetz)
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Sun Don't Shine

2013
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
1h 30m
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Rated 01 May 2013
3
38th
A film of modest scope but deeply felt emotions. It's a hastily-sketched neo-noir that eschews exposition or detail, focusing instead on the paranoiac battle of wills between the romantically- and criminally-entwined leads, who claw their way through a tense road trip. Consequently, Seimetz is far more interested in mood than plot, alternately shooting her central Florida setting with dreamlike beauty and desolate clarity. A very strong debut, regardless of its miniscule budget.
Rated 08 Jan 2015
81
81st
Of the recent crop of gritty '70s throwback Americana films this is maybe the most overlooked and probably my favorite. I'm tempted to call it the pseudo-mumblecore Wanda (which i guess would make Amy Seimetz the pseudo-mumblecore Barbara Loden?) although with the Florida setting in particular it also begs comparisons to Reichardt's River of Grass (which, being one of my recent favorites, doesn't hurt). Otherwise see also my review of Green regarding Kate Lyn Sheil (seriously though).
Rated 09 Nov 2019
78
71st
This decade has belonged in part to Kate Lyn Sheil. Some will not know that but those that do know the truth
Rated 09 May 2020
70
53rd
Early one morning the sun was shining and I was layin' in bed, wondering if she'd changed at all, if her hair was still red...
Rated 13 May 2013
10
96th
It's refreshing to see a movie accurately capture the hot humidity of a shitty Florida summer.
Rated 01 Aug 2013
3
36th
tense noir styled as a crumbling escapist fantasy, inhabiting a headspace that any fragile victimised soul will recognise--embodied by sheil's distressingly vulnerable, fascinatingly spontaneous performance. equating abusive relationships to the walls-closing-in suffocation of the noir cineverse (built on the amusingly blunt metaphor of an ex in the trunk), seimetz heartbreakingly suggests that most of the bad shit in this world is done by well-meaning people broken by other well-meaning people.
Rated 15 Apr 2014
80
78th
Amy Seimetz overcomes budget constraints to craft a very promising debut feature that takes full advantage of its harshly beautiful landscape. The film eschews plot for mood and an atmosphere that is frequently tense and erratic, reflecting the fluctuating emotional tone of its doomed but compelling central relationship.
Rated 31 Dec 2015
69
63rd
Slow but steady pulling of the viewer along in this sweaty, dusty Floridian noir. Two solid performances by the lead. Solid low-budget film. ps69
Rated 04 Jan 2020
4
32nd
Couldn't find anything to hang my hat on,zero chemistry between the leads,dull characters with no charisma or charm. No real narrative hook to get involved in,just blah...

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