If you loved Never Rarely Sometimes Always, try Beach Rats

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Eliza Hittman, and they both carry the bittersweet, slow burn, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Never Rarely Sometimes Always, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Beach Rats is

Here's a film about a young man finding himself, one way or another. Frankie searches for connection with older men online while trying to impress his crew of burnout buddies. The film admirably evokes a certain kind of summer boredom.

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