Turned Daughters of the Domino on and almost for got to get the snackie snacks. You know a movie is going to be something special when it gets you in the first few minutes. And it didn’t let up. A female led cast, with a twist in the tail. Damn, how do I tell you about this movie without giving anything away…
Starring Miranda Moffat (Tori Made It, Sunny Days), Lucie Gillespie (Fiddler’s Green, Akoma). Ashley Poulin (Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Somebody’s Hiding Something), Asia Hicks (Party’s Over, So Fades the Light). Grover McCants (South West High, Play the Field), and Jillian Craighead (Until the Very Last Page, Affliction).
A modern noir about a mother who must reunite with her estranged detective sister to find her missing teenage daughter.
–The Daughters of the Domino, IMDb–
The Daughters of the Domino Review Conclusion
Well, this had me from the first scene: Intense but not fast paced, this movie leads you through great locations, following interesting characters, and never lets up on the story. Couldn’t look away.
This kind of story always has emotional consequences, and this movie doesn’t shy from them or end quite the way you’re expecting. And you know I love a good story, with all the twists and turns, the connections that aren’t at first obvious. The suggestions that make you think one thing and then dash that idea away, before making you think the exact same thing again but in a different way. The Daughters of the Domino has all that and more. A movie about the good, the bad, and the family.
If you’re gonna walk into the darkness, you’ve gotta know who’s got your back, right? Right?
Add this to your watchlist, and thank me later.
Writer, reviewer, and occasional chaos-collector -the kind who laughs through the plot twists and finds magic in the strange corners of storytelling. I explore films, stories, and the wonderfully weird… and yes, moths are still my sworn enemies.
