Following up their 2024 breakout feature GHOSTLIGHT, co-directors Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson return with MOUSE, a richly textured, funny, insightful and moving coming-of-age story set in 2002 Arkansas. It’s 2002, and best friends Minnie and Callie are heading into their senior year of high school, with Minnie long living in the protective shadow of the charismatic and admired Callie. When their friendship is suddenly upended at the start of the summer, Minnie struggles to define her own identity and forms a complicated relationship with Callie’s poised, attentive mother, pulling her further from her own chaotic home.

“Despite tear-filled eyes, the beauty of Mouse blooms from the way love evolves after loss.” Cortlyn Kelly, RogerEbert.com

“A mix of actors of wildly different experience levels, the ensemble meshes together beautifully, reflecting the idea that none of these characters knows quite how to navigate the situation.” Peter Debruge, Variety