‘Pink Skies Ahead’ Film Review: Young Writer Releases Her Anxiety Over Her Anxiety in Empathetic Coming-of-Age Tale

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The blue-haired Winona (Jessica Barden), while driving, vents to an unseen man about living with her parents. She fumes, “I want to stick a fork into an electrical socket every minute that I’m there.” A recent-college dropout, the twenty-year-old Winona lives in arrested development with her parents in their Los Angeles suburban home.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticIn first-time-director Kelly Oxford’s snappy, super-saturated account of her personal battle with anxiety disorder, “Pink Skies Ahead,” the main character is named Winona, but it’s her best friend Stephanie who does all the shoplifting. It’s like a compulsion: Every time they go to the convenience store, Winona distracts the awkward, androgynous-looking clerk behind the counter while Stephanie roams the candy aisle, filling her pockets.

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