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5.0/10 • 3

2022-11-171h 40m

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Fake it till you break it.

A panic attack causes Millie to miss her flight to New York. Everyone thinks she’s made it though, thanks to her fake Instagram posts from the “Big Apple”. A tragicomic hunt for a new ticket ensues, as she attempts to beat the clock, her fears and the truth.

Directors
Michelle Savill
Writters
Eli Kent, Michelle Savill
Editors
Dan Kircher

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  1. Ana Scotney

    Ana Scotney

    Millie

  2. Cohen Holloway

    Cohen Holloway

    Steve

  3. Chris Alosio

    Chris Alosio

    Henry

  4. Alice May Connolly

    Alice May Connolly

    Mel

  5. Sam Cotton

    Sam Cotton

    Scott

  6. Jillian Nguyen

    Jillian Nguyen

    Carolyn

  7. Rachel House

    Rachel House

    Marlene

  8. Erin Banks

    Erin Banks

    Kim

  9. Joe Gordon

    Joe Gordon

    Nic D

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CinemaSerf

Jul 19, 2025

6/10

This was just all too contrived for me. “Millie” (Ana Scotney) is about to fly from Wellington to a new life in New York when she has a panic attack on the aircraft. Terrified and unable to breathe, she gets off the thing but rather than tell her folks and friends that she had a turn, she proceeds to pretend that she has actually arrived. To that end, she hits social media with chats and photographs whilst all the while hovering around her home neighbourhood without a cent to her name. Desperate, she is swiftly reduced to petty theft and living in a tent before she is recognised by someone and her lies start to spiral into something altogether more ridiculous. Scotney actually does fine here, but the story goes nowhere fast and after the initial quirkiness of the start, this just resembles a script-writers convention where they all got together and created a series of scenarios that could have come straight from a “Tom and Jerry” cartoon - only these are not particularly funny. What I did find interesting was the extent to which characters obsess about living their lives online. Most of her predicaments here are entirely due to “Millie” being incapable of stopping lying and constantly making matters worse by laying a false trail of breadcrumbs. Who cares? She comes across as a fairly selfish and uninteresting woman right from the get-go, and any attempts to get to the bottom of her anxieties are well and truly subsumed in a “badass” sea of mediocre predictability. Maybe it might work better on a big screen with an audience full of beer and good will, but otherwise it’s pretty disappointing.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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