'Strays' (2023)
This anti-love young adult movie includes mature topics and dialogue.

On receiving a letter from her mother, a quiet working-class girl leaves the state orphanage in Budapest where she grew up and takes a trip to the rural countryside to visit her.
This anti-love young adult movie includes mature topics and dialogue.
In the film adaptation, director Jon M. Chu turns each musical number into a massive show stopper, with grand set pieces and a wealth of diverse dancers. Yet, in this attempt to show reverence for the people of the Washington Heights barrio, Chu, or maybe more specifically those in charge of casting, left out a crucial part of the community, Afro-Latinos.
Can a homeless yet optimistic teenage girl learn to accept a helping hand?
Considering the runtime, I expected each scene to hit harder as opposed to a series of montages and vignettes.
Omaha reminds us of what it can feel like to look at old family photographs. You sit with the bittersweetness, allowing it to wash over you; not drowning in it, but certainly affected by it.