written and directed by Marja Lewis-Ryan and based on the experience of producer Samantha Houseman, 6 Balloons has other things to recommend it — most notably, a couple of tense, well-shaped sequences and a vivid nocturnal-LA-underbelly vibe
Marja-Lewis Ryan's powerful drama; The movie leaves you with a deep respect for the willingness evidenced by Ryan and her collaborators to take several gambles that pay off dramatically and emotionally
despite excellent dramatic work from Abbi Jacobson and Dave Franco, Netflix's heroin drama "6 Balloons" is too short and stunted to leave an impression
at just over an hour, it feels worthy of expansion, but as a short, sharp reminder of the sprawling horror of addiction, it makes its point with a stinging sadness
"6 Balloons", a sometimes didactic, but always anxiety-inducing film. Shot in a near-claustrophobic handheld style, Ryan's film is a hell and back 24-hour journey across LA that is sometimes too hard to watch
