Katie Says Goodbye

Name: Katie Says Goodbye
Director: Wayne Roberts
Released: 2018

Synopsis

A kindhearted seventeen-year-old in the American Southwest turns to prostitution to fulfill her dream of a new life in San Francisco.

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The Hollywood Reporter
Katie Says Goodbye is a plaintive story of hard luck and fringe dwellers, one that might have felt clichéd in lesser hands. But first-time filmmaker Wayne Roberts conjures new, resonant chords in his taut, tender drama.
80
Screen Daily
A luminous, heartbreaking performance from Olivia Cooke shines through every frame of Katie Says Goodbye.
58
The Film Stage
Everything Roberts wants to convey is obtrusively front and center, leaving little room for the viewer to have any interpretation for themselves.
50
Variety
Even if first-time writer-director Wayne Roberts is sympathetic to the plight he’s chosen for the protagonist, his film never burrows deep enough under her skin to make the string of miserable scenarios connect in a meaningful way.
40
TheWrap
Which version of the film each viewer sees will be a subjective choice, of course, but the fact that the lead character is so utterly guileless and innocent and kindhearted...makes Katie less a victim of the world and more a victim of first time writer-director Wayne Roberts.
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Los Angeles Times
A film that deserves scrutiny for its treatment of its young female protagonist.
25
Observer
A miserable hunk of depressing junk.