2018 · documentary
Minding the Gap
Directed by Bing Liu1h 33m2018
Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.
Our read: Minding the Gap (2018) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded documentary entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured documentary, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
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