Jazzy

... The final scenes reveal exactly how special of a film writer-director Morrisa Maltz has made, and just how outsized its emotional impact is with its tale of a girlhood friendship.

It's just wonderful. It put me in the mind of Andrea Arnold's films.

At 80 minutes, the film is both leisurely paced and fully packed, so that when it ends we’ve spent the perfect amount of time with these beautiful girls.

Maltz excels in capturing the small, seemingly insignificant moments that make childhood so magical

Touched by a youthful spirit, this feminine coming-of-age tale (executive produced by Lily Gladstone) reinforces Maltz as a true independent and a soulful storyteller.

Maltz takes the problems of her protagonist seriously, and so much of what makes Jazzy engrossing is how the director portrays daily events with a stirring profundity.

An incisive if uneven probe of adolescence and sisterhood through a culturally specific lens, this coming-of-age drama is slight but affecting.

Jazzy is a beautifully filmed cinematic portrait of girlhood, friendships, and learning to deal with life's unexpected events. Some viewers might be bored by this drama's meandering qualities, but the kid conversations are very authentic.

Once again there is a shaggy, handmade feel to Maltz’s film, which is likely due to her unique filmmaking style, which includes a lose outline rather than any strict scripting.

At times I was really taken with it and at times it was hard not to realize it was doing the same thing over and over again, but this is just what childhood is.