Thursday, March 26, 2020

Friday's Child AKA Age Out (2018)


Released November 22, 2019, in the US.
Filmed entirely in Texas.
The story: Richie has lived all of his childhood in and out of foster homes.
He currently resides at a children's home but before his 18th birthday which has just past, made the adult decision to move out and on his own.
He quickly gets a place of his own and goes out to find any work he can.
While riding the bus one night he meets Swim, whose intentions are anything but good.
Richie tries to do the right thing, but living on his own with very limited income is harder than he thought.
After one too many let downs and a lot of bad luck Richie turns to robbery but it doesn't end the way he planned it.
Now the police are after him because his landlord was murdered and he cannot steer clear of trouble because everywhere he goes, bad news Swim seems to find him.
Getting ready to leave town, Richie helps lonely, depressed Joan who seems his only hope for a path in the right direction and after some time, the two become close.
But when Joan finally tells Richie that her mother was murdered, Richie's guilt leads him in the only direction he believes' is left to go.
Stars Tye Sheridan, Carol Davis, Jarrod Dixon, Casey Aubin, Dayana Bucarello, Grayson Covert, Bianna Elias, Jakob Elias, Alexander Figueroa Hooper, Brett Butler, Caleb Landry Jones, Jeffrey Wright, Imogen Poots, Sharmita Bhattacharya, Kyla Brady, Thomas Burke, Sarah Joy Byington
Directed by (& story written ) A J Edwards
Rated PG13
DRAMA/MYSTERY

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