In the Press
Nat & Meg’s Sweet Adventures “Frameline Film Festival – Night Fliers” from Nat Meg on Vimeo.
“The winning, observant debut feature from Sara St. Martin Lynne is set in a small town in Northern California and drops in on a group of pre-teens navigating their way through the emotional pitfalls of home, school, and crushing on your friends. Tomboy Jesse is the ostensible focus of the film, while her girly little sister, a popular bully, and a trio of other outcasts all orbit around her. Jesse takes comfort in the woolly caterpillars crawling about, their metamorphosis a metaphor for her own imminent change.
And yeah, it’s a clunky, obvious device to use in a film about an adolescent girl, but writer-director Lynne is forgiven, as her deft hand with a relatively inexperienced cast pays off. These kids, especially Sasha Harrison as Jesse and Reese Romagnoli as the dweeby Howie, are so natural and unaffected that at times during “Night Fliers” it almost seems as though we’re eavesdropping as they puzzle out people’s motives and harbor pure attractions, regardless of gender.” Dayna Papaleo, City Newspaper, Rochester NY
Night Fliers director, Sara St. Martin Lynne interview with gogetyourgirlon.com.