2014 · comedy · drama
The Pretty One
Directed by Jenée LaMarque1h 30m2014
When her idolized twin sister Audrey dies in a car accident, Laurel decides to take her place. But, as she eases into the life she has always wanted, she must decide between continuing the lie or revealing herself.
Our read: The Pretty One (2014) reads as a warm, steady, grounded comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- warm
- gentle
- intimate
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