Tina (Tara Fitzgerald) runs over a dog in her car, and no minute later the dog's run over by Steph's (Jeany Spark) car as well, and the only witness to all of this, Ashley (Yasmin Monet Prince), claims it was her dog and wants to go to the authorities - only it wasn't her dog, and especially since she doesn't know the dog's actual owner, there's no real case here. But interestingly, this brings the three women, who didn't even know each other beforehands and who come from totally different walks of life, closer together. Interestingly Tina is the maintenance officer at the school Steph's teaching at, and she also has a past in money laundering. Steph's father Jon (Mark Lewis Jones) is an art collector, and that's something that fascinates Ashley, who collects vintage snapshots which she sees as a form of alternative art. Before long, she persuades Jon to make her his assistant, while Tina, long fed up with her job, eventually offers her garden shed as a gallery to Ashley's photo collection. Steph on the other hand is long fed up with her husband Paul (Gary Shelford), so when he out of the blue decides to leave her, she couldn't be happier. And ultimately things come to a head when Tina has a party to celebrate her own divorce at the school she works at - a party she hasn't been authorized to throw ...

Now above synopsis might sound a little random, but that's very much the nature of the film, it's not a spectacle movie but more of a slice-of-life kind of affair, one that narratively jumps around a bit and isn't always focused solely on narrative climaxes, but does so with just the right dose of humour and a lot of heart. And a first rate cast and a suitably subtle direction sure help making this into pretty enjoyable feel-good entertainment.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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