The premise of two criminal types escaping apprehension after a bout of robbery by stowing away on a bus headed to a summer camp has been done before quite a few times. The difference this time is the bus is filled with young adults with disabilities. To say that they have colourful personalities is to undersell how engaging they actually are. Their quirks and the love they show towards each other is transcendent.

The crooks, in this case, a father and son find themselves drawn to this vibrant mob for different reasons. As those differences play out you quickly look past the camp members’ disabilities and just see them for their unique and engaging personalities. Even the ones with quite annoying traits will eventually wear down your defences and win you over. This transformation is very life-affirming.

Waving your agenda in an audience’s face hardly ever yields the desired results but capture those people’s emotions first and the life lessons can be transformative. A Little Something Extra starts as a fairly straightforward dark comedy but soon transforms into something more and its power to take you along for that ride and win you over is impressive indeed.
Rob Hudson

Belle and Sebastian, Friends for Life brings the conclusion to the trilogy of films and has all the ingredients for a classic family yarn. Good guys and girls, a despicable bad guy, unconditional love, a struggle to overcome and ultimately a victory and bittersweet happy ending.

Set in the high mountains of the French Alps, life for young Sebastian is idilic after the dramas on the first two films. That is until his father and newly married step-mother let slip of their plans to move from their small village to Canada.

This film will be a worthwhile experience for young viewers as the sub titles, though challenging highlight what a rich sounding language French is and the appeal of simple country life is also well presented. The canine actors keep the tricks to a minimum so their roles are quite enjoyable, clever but not too cute.

Rob Hudson
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