Two friends, both actresses (HALT AND CATCH FIRE’s Mackenzie Davis and MASTERS OF SEX’s Caitlin FitzGerald), leave Los Angeles for Big Sur embarking on a weekend getaway to reconnect. Once alone, however, the two women’s suppressed jealousies and deep-seated resentments bubble to the surface, causing them to lose grasp not just of the true nature of their relationship, but also of their own identities.
It can be tough to not get jealous when a friend succeeds where you struggle to even catch a break. Always Shine knows this, and does everything it can to drag those feelings into the light. The trailer strikes me as having a tension similar to last year’s Excess Flesh, but with a more Hollywood twist. The cast, cinematography, and sound on display here mesh incredibly well, and should be more than enough to get audiences interested.
Always Shine will be in theaters December 2nd, 2016.