Description:Margaret centers on a 17-year-old New York City high-school student who feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in a traffic accident that has claimed a woman's life. In her attempts to set things right she meets with opposition at every step. Torn apart with frustration, she begins emotionally brutalizing her family, her fMargaret centers on a 17-year-old New York City high-school student who feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in a traffic accident that has claimed a woman's life. In her attempts to set things right she meets with opposition at every step. Torn apart with frustration, she begins emotionally brutalizing her family, her friends, her teachers, and most of all, herself. She has been confronted quite unexpectedly with a basic truth: that her youthful ideals are on a collision course against the realities and compromises of the adult world.... (more)(less)
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"Now no matter, child, the name
Sorrow’s springs are the same.
Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed
What heart heard of, ghost guessed:
It ís the blight man was born for"
It is Margaret I mourn for. Because Margaret could've and should've been a great film, and my decision to watch it for a third time can only be attributed to a desperate desire to find in it what I may have possibly missed on the first two viewings. Because this is the type of film that I tend to love. The "
hiyamugi added this to a list 3 months, 3 weeks ago
"26.9.12.
Teatteri, digitaalinen / Rakkautta & Anarkiaa 2012
Herranjestas. Rönsyilevä ja monia eri lankoja rinnallaan kuljettava teos ei kuitenkaan ole epälooginen tai epätasainen. Tyypillisellä tavalla maailmasta ja sen ilmiöistä kiinnostunut, itsekeskeinen teinityttö Lisa joutuu kohtaamaan elämän ja aikuisuuden realiteetit todistaessaan keski-ikäisen naisen jäämisen bussin alle. Tapahtumaan osasyyllinen Lisa yrittää saada toista syyllistä - linja-auton kuskia, edesvastuuseen t"
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By the end of its long-winded 150 minutes the film devolves into such a hopeless mess of talky, unfocused storytelling that any strong points the film managed to notch along the way are left dulled beyond recollection.
This movie is one giant failure dressed up in a story that ought to have worked, if only the filmmaker had any semblance of control over his ideas and material. There are some nice ideas and moral quagmires at play here, but the end result is nearly unwatchable for all its uni"
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Plot: A young woman witnesses a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of whether or not it was intentional affects many people's lives.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kenneth Lonergan
Stars: Anna Paquin, J. Smith-Cameron, Jeannie Berlin
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Story: 7 | Story Idea: 6 | Acting: 8 | Score: 7 | Visuals: 7
Overall:
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Xanadon't added this to a list 10 months, 2 weeks ago
"Note: Kenneth Lonergan's film begins with a young woman (Anna Paquin) thinking she may have contributed to a fatal bus accident through her own foolishness. She decides the bus driver (Mark Ruffalo) should also be held accountable, and makes it her business to see that he is. This story cross-cuts with others, including Jean Reno and J. Smith-Cameron in a sweet mid-life romance. The film inspired an online conspiracy theory when Fox Searchlight was accused of being shy about its 9/11 material. A"
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