Miss Thing’s ★½ 1279 Queen St. W., 416-516-8677 Parkdale’s Polynesian spot is a happy place for snacks and spasmodically strong rum cocktails, but it needs some work.

Goodes was spasmodically booed. There was a moment to pause in the third quarter, when Goodes gathered ball in front of goal at the city end.

A contrary, baffling and spasmodically brilliant evening ended with “Here My Dear”, and Tricky murmuring in riddles for 20 minutes over an incessantly repeating guitar riff.

Now many ways can one tell a coming-of-age story? An infinite number of ways, as filmmakers across the globe show us every year. Some turn out good, some don’t.