Blue Car

The coming-of-age drama Blue Car is the directorial debut feature from actress Karen Moncrieff. Played by newcomer Agnes Bruckner, quiet high school student Meg lives in an apartment complex where she takes care of her troubled little sister, Lily (Regan Arnold), while her emotionally unavailable ...more

A grittily realistic drama, Blue Car is as downbeat as it is honest about adolescent abandonment and the desperate need for connection. Though the story is made up of conventional elements, all the unglamorous truth hangs out and the emotional turns are warranted by the solid script and nuanced performances. In her breakthrough performance as Meg, Agnes Bruckner is the embodiment of understated teenage pain. The role of a high school poet is often made into a caricature, but Bruckner brings a ...more