![]() ![]() The ever-moving years of this rustic rambling have been formative for Nola. Clint sees this personal culture as going back to the human roots as a migratory species and preaches “society would be much better off if we build an army of self-sufficient agitators.” He’s not wrong in many, many ways. With skeptical takes on normal society, Clint values the practical, unrushed, and experiential as an education money can’t buy. The familial duo does odd jobs and squats at parks and foreclosed houses. They live off of the highways and by-ways inside of a 1984 Volkswagen Westfalia (van consultant Ryan Sellmeyer is a silent MVP of this movie). LESSON #1: THE LOW BUDGET HIGH EXPERIENCE- The livelihood of Nola is one created by her father Clint, played by the silvered Steven Ogg of Snowpiercer and Westworld. This film is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate her evolving talent. For The Short Story of the Long Road, that is most certainly not Sabrina Carpenter. They will fail to exude the narrative hardship as if it manifested fully from within a true soul. With a little less makeup work and some shoddier clothes, the performer might put on the outer facade of adversity and expect the look to be enough. When some charismatic personas go, as some would reductively call it, “unpretty” or “ugly” for a more natural or dramatic role, the results feel forced. This festival darling and award winner debuting June 16th on streaming platforms is a deeper test of potential magnitude. THE SHORT HISTORY OF THE LONG ROAD MOVIEEqual to her privileged bully character in The Hate U Give, you would never guess Sabrina is also a vivacious pop star beyond the TV and movie screens in this type of film role requiring zero showy stages. Only stern realities push this young woman. ![]() For this displaced character of Nola living off the grid and figuring out her life, there is no fizz. When you watch the family drama The Short History of the Long Road, you would never guess Sabrina Carpenter is the same bubbly Disney Channel presence she is from Girl Meets World or Adventures in Babysitting. Official Selection of the 7th Chicago Critics Film Festival THE SHORT HISTORY OF THE LONG ROAD- 3 STARS ![]()
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