Gut punch film concerns a young woman dealing with her parents, friends and her illness. Its a film focused on the changing nature of life with sequences that will kick you in your knees and others that will make you feel wondrous.
While I am not certain the film pulls it all together, the film is very much about something and filled with not wholly likable characters and it's hard to know why we should be watching, CAREFREE DAYS still manages to move us repeatedly. I suspect that's a success in away since the film is about how nothing stays the same and it clicking and stepping away is a perfect example of that.
As a film geek the craft of the film delighted me. Images made me audibly gasp. How sequences were put together amazed the hell out of me. While I came and went in and out of the story I was always locked and loaded watching the craft.
While I am mixed on the film as a drama, it is a delight for anyone who wants to see an expertly crafted film and doesn't mind crying a little.
CAREFREE DAYS plays at NYAFF again on 7/21. Tickets here.
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