Zara (Naya Somanya) and Milan (Dominique Janelle) are housemates in Philadelphia who try to navigate their way through their lives, together and seperately. Zara feels torn between her high school sweetheart and her current on-again-off again boyfriend (Augustus Taborn) and has to deal with her bossy mother (Ada Simbo), her sickly father (Derrick M. Redmond) and her hippie sister (Vanessa J. Hampton), Milan is a shopoholic who suddenly loses her job and tries to make ends meet as a stripper and later drug courier while suffering under her macho boyfriend (Brandon J. McLean), and together the two women see their best friend and hairdresser (Fatima Gamble) going off the deep end - so the two of them sure enough don't get bored ...

Now I will say this film feels a little choppy and episodic at times, owed to the fact that it originally was a webseries that grew to feature length only eventually - and that said, it could have done with a little re-edit and re-shuffle for a more homogenous feel. That out of the way though, this is a rather charming mix that's drama, comedy, somance and slice-of-life story in equal measures, with two likeable leads having relatable issues, and the two leads deliver fittingly likeable performances, surrounded by a solid ensemble, all resulting in a film well worth a watch.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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