After a crushing breakup with her girlfriend, a Brooklyn musician moves back to her childhood home in St. Louis. While performing for tips at a local tavern and struggling to reconnect with her ultra-Catholic mother, she strikes up a unique friendship and begins to discover her musical voice. As she grows more confident as a musician, a new life in her hometown suddenly seems within her reach.
"Becks" is the kind of modest, non-earthshaking indie enterprise that ends up being so satisfying mostly because it's about a character type familiar from real life but all too under-represented at the movies."
Dennis Harvey Variety
"The lesbian central character should ensure exposure on the LGBT festival circuit, but the cast and the music are so engaging that the film could resonate beyond that niche market."
Stephen Farber Hollywood Reporter
"Lena Hall is just perfect in the title character's many imperfect ways."
