movie poster for PIN CUSHION

Flicks ID

20499

Cert

15

Running time

82 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

PIN CUSHION (2019)

DEBORAH HAYWOOD

Plot

Super close Mother LYN and daughter IONA (Dafty One and Dafty Two) are excited for their new life in a new town. Determined to make a success of things after a tricky start, Iona becomes 'best friends' with KEELY, STACEY and CHELSEA. Used to being Iona's bestie herself, Lyn feels left out. So Lyn also makes friends with BELINDA, her neighbour. As much as Lyn and Iona pretend to each other that things are going great, things aren't going great for either of them. Iona struggles with the girls, who act more like frenemies than friends, and Belinda won't give Lyn her stepladders back. Both Mother and Daughter retreat into fantasy and lies. This is one of the saddest and most real yet fantastical movies I have ever seen. It is devastating and beautiful and had quite a profound impact on me. Definitely worth watching.