This is a good re-telling of the old story about a small-town girl who dreams of getting away from her bumpkin friends and family to the big city. A chilling comedy of boxing, sexual deception, and religious epiphany.
Okay, that was a sarcastic comment.
Moonie is the "spooky chick" in the tiny tundra town of New Waterford. She loves reading and art. She wants to get away from New Waterford and see the world.
Her family is very close, and loves her fiercely. They won't let her go. She concocts a plot to get away involving her pugnacious girlfriend, her parent's religious orthodoxy, and the sexual naiveté of the town's male population. Hijinx ensue.
In the process of pulling off her scam, Moonie starts to realize what she has in New Waterford: she belongs. As it becomes clear that she is going to have the opportunity to leave, she sees the virtues in all the bumpkins she used to so resent: strength, faith, simplicity, and honor. Are these things from which a person really needs to escape?
Okay, that was a sarcastic comment.
Moonie is the "spooky chick" in the tiny tundra town of New Waterford. She loves reading and art. She wants to get away from New Waterford and see the world.
Her family is very close, and loves her fiercely. They won't let her go. She concocts a plot to get away involving her pugnacious girlfriend, her parent's religious orthodoxy, and the sexual naiveté of the town's male population. Hijinx ensue.
In the process of pulling off her scam, Moonie starts to realize what she has in New Waterford: she belongs. As it becomes clear that she is going to have the opportunity to leave, she sees the virtues in all the bumpkins she used to so resent: strength, faith, simplicity, and honor. Are these things from which a person really needs to escape?
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