![]() Too short! I normally don't notice how long a movie is, but this was so short that it felt like the movie wasn't over yet. Keeping the camera focused on her even when she isn't doing anything except walking, gives the viewer time to notice what is going on in the background. Example: The main character Toni will just be walking in a scene and the camera will be focused on her, but there is so much going on in the background all the time. The simplicity made everything that happened in the film important. Simplistic yet stunning directing and filming. Fascinating plot with very little dialogue. That was very novel and interesting to watch that way. All the adults are nameless, faceless (mostly), and all around useless/unimportant. One of the interesting things about the acting was that you only really ever got to see and hear from the teens in the movie. The acting was fantastic! I love movies with unknown and amazing talent. Was it the fits that the girls were hit with? Was it about fitting in? Again they’re just left as open questions. It also raises questions about the title. Was it a sickness? Was it a spirit searching for the right vessel? It just ends. It never gives any explanation for what happens. It changes up the entire dynamic from being a coming of age tale to a pseudo-horror story. Older girls on the dance team start having convulsions and getting sick. She eavesdrops on two older girls and only emerges when everyone else has left. ![]() Director Anna Rose Holmer drives that last point home in one scene where Hightower is in the locker room packed with girls and goes to the bathroom so she can be by herself. It means a whole new world with a new discipline and most importantly people as she’s only really been with her brother before. One day she sees a dance off between some girls however which captures her imagination. Royal Hightower is a quiet 11 year old girl who trains relentlessly for boxing with her older brother Da’Sean Minor.
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