I am not going to do a full on review of CAITY because it isn't fair. I came upon the film as the 76th film I'd seen for Tribeca, and while I know it is a good film, the weight of all the films that I had seen before made it so that I wasn't going to give it a fair shake.
The film has teen aged Caity trying to help her fanily put together their annual Halloween attraction. There are omplications because things are going side ways, including the fact that her dad has fallen off the wagon and there is a new employee who has caught her eye. As Caity is forced to shoulder all the responsibility of keeping the family and business upright, she begins to show signs of cracking.
I really liked this film a great deal. The cast is first rate. More importantly the script doesn't follow the expected path. There are some turns in the second half that were not expected. I sat up and took notice, both of how the film was not resting on its laurels and of the fact that I was going to have to revist this film down the road. There is something here that I need to focus on more than I was capable of doing at this first viewing.
Should I have held off and reviewed it later? Possibly but at the same time I could see how good the film is and it was and is important to get word out so you all can track the film down. After all ultimately all a review is simply a more detailed pointer.
Go see CAITY. It's something special.
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