A New Zealand teen copes with the dissolution of her parents' marriage while the family is vacationing at the beach. Directing her first feature film, Jeffs does a good job of capturing the shattering impact a failing marriage can have on children. She also gains intimacy by filming it like a home movie, but needlessly resorts to gimmicks such as slow motion and black and white shots. Fulford-Wierzbicki turns in an affecting performance as the teen struggling to cope with her parents' breakup. Peirse is strangely cold and distant as the mother, perhaps intentionally. Murphy is adorable as Fulford-Wierzbicki's little brother. The ending is contrived. And there's no rain.
