The first thing I noticed about this movie – I know it’s not the greatest way to approach a review but you’ve gotta start somewhere – is its weirdly low score of 2.8 on the IMDb. It’s an odd, randomly pointless kind of movie, but it’s the kind of odd, randomly pointless kind of movie I can easily get behind. It’s 90 minutes long, it’s got 2 giggly teenagers, they find themselves free from their parents following a car crash, and take refuge in a military base where they get up to all kinds of kinky shenanigans. What’s not to like? lol.

OK. I can see where the low scores are coming from. But I just feel too comfortable and at home with this one to pick at its failings. It reminded me at turns of Rebecca Miller’s Angela only with older girls walking the world alone together; of Manny & Lo, Niagara Niagara and ultimately a little of Thelma and Louise. The chain of events is far from believable – these girls truly look their age yet far too many of the army guys seem deluded into thinking they’re much older. The older (well, taller at least) of the two has a peach-colored top that makes her look topless in long and even some medium shots which is bound to upset some people. There’s a great moment where the long-haired caretaker-ish guy they first latch onto interrupts their constant giggling by telling them to leave, yelling, “Now!” and the way their eyes pop like schoolkids being told off by teacher immediately hammers home how young they are.

I don’t know. Like I said, it’s odd, random, pointless … but it seems to me the film makers got exactly what they set out to get and I found it perfectly watchable with an ending that really lifts it higher than it deserves.

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