Old Flame

It digs into some of the difficult conversations of our moment in time with real knifes-edge skill, and because it does so with a couple of surprisingly effective and believable performances at its center from relative newcomers

A lot of good intentions muddled in what would’ve been an award-winning play about 20 years ago.

It's a small film, but though its goals are modest, it hits all of them with confidence. There's a certain feeling of being taken care of that comes with watching a piece that knows what it's about.

Though Old Flame has sharp writing built into cat-and-mouse suspense, the film devolves into a predictable ending.