“Good One” with Lily Collias as Sam Metrograph Images India Donaldson’s feature film debut Goods was selected for both Sundance and the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. Goods is a quiet but powerful coming-of-age story about Sam, played by Lily Collias, a 17-year-old teenager who goes camping for a few days with her father Chris and […]
Usually, hikes are all about silence and changes in sound – insects buzzing instead of phones, streams murmuring instead of people on the street. But one of the secretly great cinematic choices in The Good One is that it doesn’t shy away from dialogue during its long meditative walks through the woods; it just shows […]
Warning, spoilers for the plot of Good joke. During most of its brisk 89 minutes Goods is a quiet, sharply observed drama in which not much happens – a father-daughter version of Kelly Reichardt’s Old joy. The film opens with a soothing score, light humor, and evidence of a largely comfortable relationship between father and […]
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for “The Good One,” now in theaters. “Good One” from first-time director India Donaldson is a light-hearted dramedy about three people on a backpacking trip. Until suddenly it’s not that way anymore. Lily Collias, in her second leading role, plays 17-year-old Sam, who goes camping with her father Chris […]
Goods2024. Written and directed by India Donaldson.With Lily Collias, James Le Gros, Danny McCarthy, Sumaya Bouhbal, Diana Irvine, Sam Lanier, Peter McNally and Eric Yates. SUMMARY: During a weekend backpacking trip to the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam navigates the ego conflict between her father and his oldest friend. In India Donaldsons GoodsSam (a captivating performance by […]
Director India Donaldson’s first feature, Good One, is a fairly simple story at first glance: A family camping trip in upstate New York takes a turn for the worse when it ends up being just father-daughter duo Chris (James Le Gros) and Sam (Lily Collias) and Chris’s longtime friend Matt (Danny McCarthy) spending three days […]
