The Lifeguard

Regissören och manusförfattaren Liz W. Garcia gör sin regidebut och förvandlar sin melankoliska och ofta tragiska berättelse till en film som engagerar och är lätt att tycka om.

...she lives in a symbolical universe full of convenient allegories for her anxiety: Tigers die in captivity because they’re not allowed to roam free; cats run away from their owners; building additions sit unfinished for years;

There's a good, dark, messy movie in The Lifeguard trying to get out.

She escapes her big city life and career by retreating back to her Connecticut hometown, only to find that two of her best friends are conveniently still living there and eager to hang out.