Boland’s skills are on full display, thrice
Effectively playing a character on screen is hard. Effectively playing two characters on screen is harder. Directing yourself playing two characters on screen is lunacy! Well, lets officially jot down Katie Boland as an artistic risk-taker because she writes, directs, and stars in dual roles in We’re All In This Together. Did I mention it’s also her feature film directorial debut? The list of accomplishments we can attribute to this project are endless, and should be celebrated, even if the end result isn’t fully emotionally gratifying or cinematically coherent. We’re All In This Together (or WAITT, henceforth) is a lean family drama that juggles too many themes and side plots to successfully fit within a short 85 minute running time, but Boland’s devotion to the filmmaking craft and her on screen performance nevertheless emerge strong.
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