Set in 1970s South Florida, Anna Paquin (TV's True Blood) stars as a single mother caught up in the drug smuggling...
Set in 1970s South Florida, Anna Paquin (TV's True Blood) stars as a single mother caught up in the drug smuggling business while trying to make a better life for her two daughters. Based on writer/director Shana Betz's own memoirs, produced by Paquin and her True Blood co-star and husband Stephen Moyer.
Desperate to escape her abusive boyfriend, Christina (Paquin) moves cross-country to Fort Lauderdale, Florida and is introduced to the dangerous world of high-stakes drug smuggling by her friend Sandy (The Soprano's Drea de Matteo). She quickly learns that dealing drugs, at the height of South Florida's smuggling heyday, has its price.
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14 %7 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
22 %407 reviewsAudience score rating
"Laid-back '70s period piece... waffles between professed admiration for a woman willing to risk anything for her kids and tacit disapproval of her chosen lifestyle."
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Variety
Variety"The soulful up-and-comer crafts a far more perilous tale, one of a teenage caretaker getting a crash course in growing up too fast, too soon."
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Time Out
Time Out"An unsettling vision of a demimonde whose inhabitants live with the reality that there may be no tomorrow."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"The film's generosity toward Christina's decision-making is, however true to life, dramatically unsatisfying."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterFree Ride | Details
- Runtime
- 86
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
