Thanks to Her

Thanks to Her

2022 · 82 min · ★ 6.0

Perfectionist, soccer star, straight A student Millie Blake did not picture starting her senior year receiving a month of community service at a local nursing home after trying to break up a fight at school. To make matters worse, Millie is stuck at the home with the instigator of the fight: Andy Wellick–another senior, who is outspoken about her identity as a lesbian on the asexual spectrum. Initially the two girls butt heads, but the tension quickly blossoms into friendship as they learn more about each other.

Directed by Sam McCoy

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Millie Blake, a high school senior soccer player, has her life turned upside down after an altercation with an out and proud classmate of hers, Andy Wellick. As punishment, the two girls get sentenced to a month of community service at a local nursing home. As she begins to not only bond with two of the residents, Jade and Pepper, but with Andy too, Millie begins to understand more about herself and becomes more confident in who she is.

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