Everyone has had bad neighbors, but Restless protagonist Nicky finds them particularly torturous. Played by Lyndsey Marshal (Inside Man), Nicky’s life becomes upended when new neighbors move in right next door, into a townhouse with an adjoining wall, and will not stop blasting their music at full volume. The movie is the directorial feature debut from Jed Hart, who also wrote its script. Its cast is composed of relative unknowns, including Marshal, Aston McAuley, Kate Robbins, Barry Ward, and Denzel Baidoo.

Restless tries to say do a lot with a little, and it is mostly successful in that quest. The plot is closely centered around Nicky and her troubled internal state as her loud neighbors cause sleep deprivation and increasing levels of perturbation. Nicky’s arc is complex, while the surrounding narrative is pretty simple: loud neighbors are the worst, and her neighbors are still loud, night after night. Given this stripped-down plot and short timeframe — the movie unfolds a little over a week — Restless is able to achieve a lot.