Princess Cyd

2017

Drama / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 79% · 45 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 79% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 4744 4.7K

sexual identity bisexuality women's football (soccer) coming of age summer vacation death in family

Plot summary

High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at the opportunity. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.

Director

Stephen Cone Photo
Stephen Cone

Top cast

Jessie Pinnick Photo
Jessie Pinnick as Cyd Loughlin
James Vincent Meredith Photo
James Vincent Meredith as Anthony James
Roslyn Alexander Photo
Roslyn Alexander as Anna May Bessinger
Rebecca Spence Photo
Rebecca Spence as Miranda Ruth
720p.WEB
887.66 MB
1280*718
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by sundayscribbler 7 / 10

A beautiful coming-of-age story!

This is how you do a coming-of-age movie. With poignancy sans too-much-sugar, with a story grounded in how real people behave.A beautiful gem of a story.
Reviewed by stevesmartpoetry 8 / 10

A rare review

I don't review movies much anymore, but there were things about Princess Cyd that I wanted to make note of, in hopes that others who are '... hmm... not sure..'. might give it a chance if they come across it. It's on Netflix and I'm sure available other places too.I've watched a lot of indie dramas through my life and rarely have I come across one that felt as satisfying as this by the closing credits. Poignant without being saccharine, intelligent without being "clever", slow but well paced. Mostly though, I was impressed at the choices made by the writer/director, and very probably the editor, to avoid dramatic cliches and over-used tropes. There's a sense of quiet subversion at work here, a sense of veering off in a new direction at the moments we've been trained to think 'Ohhh, I know exactly where this is about to go, and ohhh I wish it wasn't.' Pleasantly surprising. I don't want to give much away, let others be equally surprised.If you like films that make you feel you haven't seen them before, that show restraint and intelligent plotting, well you could do a hell of a lot worse than Princess Cyd. I kinda loved it. 8/10 is high for me.
Reviewed by michaelmangia 8 / 10

beautiful piece of humanity

I really enjoyed this simple film, it has a lot of heart. both the main character cyd and the aunt were really beautiful characters dealing with life and connection. both those actresses are so charismatic.
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