"The Lost Daughter". Remarkable directorial debut for Maggie Gyllenhaal
Last edited Sun Jan 2, 2022, 03:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Here's my review and a trailer:
http://moviejunkiemark.blogspot.com
Streaming on Netflix
cilla4progress
(25,968 posts)How will i feel at the end - anxious, or at all informed and maybe even uplifted?
intrepidity
(7,906 posts)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)Fixed it.
Can you help me figure out how to follow your reviews / blog?
bif
(24,142 posts)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)Thanks.
Loved the movie. As a woman and a mom, I related to her story and was very moved.
Beautifully acted and directed.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,773 posts)I've added it to my list of movies to watch.
Fla Dem
(25,791 posts)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.
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)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)Slow moving, jumped all over the place and yes, the doll thing was creepy.