Never Goin’ Back US Release Date

This is an A24 movie through and through, and it’s not surprising it was acquired by the distributor after it premiered at Sundance this year. Beyond its ease of fitting into a ...

In director Augustine Frizzell’s debut feature, a pair of pot-smoking 17-year-olds make a delightful mess of a planned vacation to the beaches of Texas

Never Goin’ Back would make a good drive-in movie, if drive-ins were still a thing. It’s breezy, benignly outrageous, equal parts grotty and sweet.

For all the times I applauded the film based on its sociological achievements, I found it deeply unsatisfying artistically.

“Never Goin’ Back” Offers a Breezy, Convincing Portrait of Female Friendship

By rights, Never Goin’ Back should be a chore to sit through. The jokes are dated, the behavior tasteless and the setups tired. Yet the movie has a ramshackle charm that’s due e...

Augustine Frizzell’s righteously raunchy girls-on-filth spree has a rollicking spirit and two engaging lead performances

Writer-director Augustine Frizzell's film is funny and surprisingly tender, if at times frustratingly uneven.

Never Goin' Back is a dazed-and-confused comedy misfire

Maia Mitchell and Cami Morrone star as Texas high-school dropouts in Augustine Frizzell's comedy.