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"The Lost Daughter". Remarkable directorial debut for Maggie Gyllenhaal (Original Post) bif Jan 2022 OP
Not seeing your review? cilla4progress Jan 2022 #1
Imho none of the above intrepidity Jan 2022 #3
Sorry about that bif Jan 2022 #4
Thanks! cilla4progress Jan 2022 #5
What do you need help with? bif Jan 2022 #6
Perfect. cilla4progress Jan 2022 #7
Looks interesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #2
I really like Olivia Coleman and most of her other projects.This one left me shrugging my shoulders. Fla Dem Jan 2022 #8
Agree intrepidity Jan 2022 #9
I think it was a lot like Ferrante's books bif Jan 2022 #10
Sorry I wasted my time on this one. llmart Jan 2022 #11

cilla4progress

(25,968 posts)
1. Not seeing your review?
Sun Jan 2, 2022, 02:27 PM
Jan 2022

How will i feel at the end - anxious, or at all informed and maybe even uplifted?

intrepidity

(7,906 posts)
3. Imho none of the above
Sun Jan 2, 2022, 02:47 PM
Jan 2022

I watched it the other night and at the end, I felt I had wasted my time. I don't usually feel that way about films, but then I don't hesitate to turn them off as soon as they lose me, so making it to the end of a film that has that effect on me is unusual.

bif

(24,142 posts)
6. What do you need help with?
Sun Jan 2, 2022, 09:08 PM
Jan 2022

I accidentally posted the ink to the trailer. Just bookmark:

http://moviejunkiemark.blogspot.com

...and check it out from time to time. I usually update it on Sundays or Mondays.

cilla4progress

(25,968 posts)
7. Perfect.
Sun Jan 2, 2022, 11:30 PM
Jan 2022

Thanks.

Loved the movie. As a woman and a mom, I related to her story and was very moved.

Beautifully acted and directed.



Fla Dem

(25,791 posts)
8. I really like Olivia Coleman and most of her other projects.This one left me shrugging my shoulders.
Mon Jan 3, 2022, 03:02 PM
Jan 2022

Last edited Wed Jan 5, 2022, 02:37 PM - Edit history (1)

Some loose ends, kind of slow moving and no real understanding of what her angst was really all about. The whole doll thing was weird.

intrepidity

(7,906 posts)
9. Agree
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 12:02 PM
Jan 2022

The best I can come up with, is that it was like inception, in that the film itself was personified in the characters--aimless, rambling, incoherent, unresolved; the film itself resembled the characters it was portraying.

If that was the intent, then I can say it was brilliantly done.

And don't even get me started on the doll thing...!

bif

(24,142 posts)
10. I think it was a lot like Ferrante's books
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 03:07 PM
Jan 2022

It's more of a slice of life than a plot driven story. I was waiting for some big revelation at the end. But it never really happened. Still, I thought the acting was great.

llmart

(16,331 posts)
11. Sorry I wasted my time on this one.
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 01:31 PM
Jan 2022

Slow moving, jumped all over the place and yes, the doll thing was creepy.

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