Powder Room

Powder Room

2013 · 86 min · EN · R · 4.5 (25 votes)
Dir. MJ Delaney · Starring Sheridan Smith, Jaime Winstone, Kate Nash, Oona Chaplin, Riann Steele, Sarah Hoare

“Girls will be girls.”

Comedy

This comedy follows Sam, as her life is turned upside down on a big night out. When reunited with her old college friends, Sam is forced to re-evaluate her life and constructs an elaborate façade in order to convince herself and her friends that she has it all. But once her dysfunctional yet devoted trio of best mates intervene, her carefully crafted charade begins to crumble amidst the shots, cigarettes, ciders and toilet transgressions. Faced with some very harsh realities, Sam must struggle to remain true to herself and reassess exactly what she wants from life.

VIBE

This film plunges you into a boisterous, often chaotic night out, brimming with raw, self-deprecating humor. It feels like eavesdropping on a real-life, frenetic conversation among friends, navigating the messy, relatable truths of identity and self-perception amidst a haze of drinks and candid confessions.

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