Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

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"First viewing - Jan. 25th I've been wanting to watch something else with Elizabeth Olsen since I'm enjoying WandaVision so far, and this was on Max. Her performance makes the film worth sitting through and serves as a reminder of why I've become a fan. It's a thoughtful film about reckoning with life-changing experiences as they're processed in the aftermath, which had me thinking of a what-if scenario for someone who got out of the Manson family before it was too late. Which means it's a dark "

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"Sarah Paulson"

Film Journal 2015 (112 movies items)

" So, I've been wanting to see this since Ms. Olsen popped onto the scene and I'm glad I finally did. While no one will call this a "happy" movie, it's a great look at the human psyche. Also, it was more of a thriller than I expected, which was compelling. You felt like you were experiencing what she did and it was nicely done."

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" directed by Sean Durkin "

A good movie

“To be honest, I had no idea what this movie was actually about but since I kept hearing some really good things about this flick, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it turned out to be a really daunting story with a really impressive breakthrough performance by Elizabeth Olsen. Furthermore, it has been a while since I have seen a movie which was actually enhanced by such jumps back and forth in time. Still, even though the subject was really interesting, even if the mood was quite fascinating and even though Olsen was really good, the whole thing didn’t completely convinced me though. The main issue I had is that the makers tried too much to remain ambiguous. For example, it is pretty obvious that the sisters did have a conversation at some point about what the hell happened t” read more