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On Myrtle Beach, Frankie works at her family's burger stand run by her older brother Neil. During her off hours, she hangs out with her best friend Nicola, who runs a nearby piercing stand. The dynamic between the girls shifts when her brother hires a new girl named Josee to work at the restaurant.
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could unfold as a sitcom, or as a desperately sincere drama, but director Robert J. Siegel and his co-writers, Liza
Bazadona and Grace Woodard, go for something more delicate and subtle. They use Ambrose's ability to watch and think and not commit, and they allow the summer's choices and
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from Hawaii. As
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possibilities to unfold within her as if her sexuality is awakening for the first time." Ed
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