AWOL

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AWOL

2016,

1h 25m,

Drama/

Romance/

LGBTQ+

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93%

15 Reviews

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250+ Ratings

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15 Reviews

55%

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250+ Ratings

Joey (Lola Kirke) thinks joining the army will give her direction until she falls in love with Rayna (Breeda Wool).

John DeFore

The Hollywood Reporter

Jan 8, 2019

Cinematographer Gal Deren's lensing of Rust Belt locations finds a place both lovely to linger in and worth leaving, matching the bittersweet sound of the folky songs Kirke sings while the two characters are alone.

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Sarah Fonseca

Autostraddle

Nov 13, 2018

Talking about class can be ugly. Yet as AWOL asserts, when you dare to comment, sometimes it frees up room for beauty to unfurl.

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Katie Walsh

The Playlist

May 18, 2016

B+

Shoval ... captures the blind recklessness of first love, in a lesbian love story that's only partially about the characters' queerness.

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Andrea Thompson

A Reel of One's Own

Feb 5, 2019

B+

[Lola] Kirke gives an amazing performance, but it's [Breeda] Wool who has the harder role, and effortlessly shines.

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Nathanael Hood

Screen Comment

Dec 28, 2018

4/10

Completely bereft of momentum, it staggers and stumbles its torturous way through an eighty five-minute run-time without offering anything creative or original.

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Stephen Saito

Moveable Fest

Nov 13, 2018

A muscular debut, modest in the scale of its storytelling, but not in the empathy it inspires and though it may have taken years to complete, "AWOL" was well worth the wait.

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Theodore P

Nov 14, 2018

Good small film with strong leads.

Luke W

Sep 28, 2018

Brilliantly filmed, it felt so real, like a peak into their world of Love and chaos

Anakin R

Aug 21, 2018

This love story is as much about the specificity of their socio-economic positions as it is about the effects of homophobia. It's an authentic and emotional film, with first-rate turns by Wool and especially Kirk.

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Apr 12, 2018

Another lesbian movie where they don't end up happy... Which if you are a lesbian you know is a homophobic trope that... Hurts. Why can't we ever just be allowed to have a happy ending? You have another bi girl dropping her lesbian girlfriend. They also make a black feminist woman out to be an elitist. Like... Fuck off. Also... We don't date just by looking at each other. Its fucking hard to date other girls. Of course the critics liked this movie.... They probably jacked off to it.

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Abraham S

Mar 1, 2018

7.5/10. Found it on Netflix by accident, pretty enjoyable, ended up hating the supporting actress.

Draco P

Aug 8, 2017

A good film up until the ending, which was abrupt and terrible.

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Synopsis

Joey (Lola Kirke) thinks joining the army will give her direction until she falls in love with Rayna (Breeda Wool).

Director: Deb Shoval
Producer: Jessica Caldwell, Michel Merkt, L.A. Teodosio
Screenwriter: Deb Shoval, Karolina Waclawiak
Production Co: Race Point Films, Public Square Films
Genre: Drama, Romance, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 25m

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