This well-acted 'slice of life' drama (about a 17-year-old girl on a camping trip with her father and his best friend) quietly depicts the loss of innocence when a child learns that adult authority figures will not always protect children.

| Feb 15, 2025

India Donaldson moves with a confidence and ease, with a capacity for observation, versatility and a multiplicity of nuances and subtleties that are rare in contemporary cinema...[Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 10, 2025

This is a pleasant independent film with all the virtues of an independent film, and few of the drawbacks. It is well crafted. The acting is solid. While the story is a bit thin, and the characters a bit under-developed, it works.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 25, 2025

A camping trip with two old friends and one daughter that becomes a lesson in reading subtle signs and listening.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 26, 2024

Will bring indie film lovers back to the times of camping trips with dad and when mumblecore was at its finest.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 21, 2024

Lily Collias is a revelation in India Donaldson’s profound and captivating feature debut. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 14, 2024

A breakout performance from Lily Collias imbues India Donaldson's tightly directed film with a magnetic, propulsive quality. A masterclass in low-key filmmaking.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 21, 2024

It’s Donaldson’s sure and steady hand of storytelling that doesn’t need to explain everything to the audience. But there’s enough subtext to know that these three people will never be the same after this trip.

| Oct 16, 2024

Collias delivers one of the most breathtaking performances of the year as Sam. [...] Some people are born to be in front of the screen, and Collias is one of them.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 8, 2024

Donaldson’s first film is impressive because she makes none of the mistakes that first time filmmakers or even successful iconic filmmakers make—Francis Ford Coppola and Todd Phillips, I’m looking at you.

| Oct 7, 2024

A remarkably attentive exploration of characters and relationships, this impressive feature writing and directing debut avoids judging or accusing, instead patiently exploring and observing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 27, 2024

A quiet film about the struggle to communicate, Good One is sure to generate provocative — and productive — conversations across gender and generational lines.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 18, 2024

First-rate performances and exquisite cinematography. Lily Collias is first-rate.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 17, 2024

Watching "Good One," the new film from writer/director India Donaldson, feels a lot like curling up with a good book in the comfort of your own house.

| Original Score: A- | Aug 30, 2024

... a master class in throwback minimalist filmmaking.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 30, 2024

A much better and more interesting film than its description—a father/daughter coming-of-age Sundance drama set mostly on a camping trip, leading up to a jarring conclusion about gender roles and feminism—makes it sound.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 30, 2024

Tautly tapered, superlatively performed... The performances, especially by Collias, are in gazes and expressions: what is not said may be spoken someday, but today faces are everything.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Aug 29, 2024

A quiet movie that whispers in a roar, about a teen girl going on a hiking trip with her dad and his best friend, revealing the subtle fractures in their lives and relationships.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 29, 2024

It's subtle; nothing is underlined. You can discover the movie as it goes along for yourself.

| Aug 28, 2024

A low-key, superbly acted, very well-directed indie.

| Aug 28, 2024