Directed by Sebastián Lelio
Screenplay by Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue and Sebastián Lelio
Based on the book by Emma Donoghue
Stars: Florence Pugh, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Tom Burke, Niamh Algar, David Wilmot, Ruth Bradley, Toby Jones, Dermot Crowley, Ciarán Hinds, and Brían F. O'Byrne
There were some rumbling that people were talking about a possible Best Actress nomination for Florence Pugh in this movie. She is solid in the film, but the movie overall is not the greatest.
1862, Ireland. An English nurse, Elizabeth Wright (Pugh) is brought to a small town in Ireland to look after a young girl, Anna (Cassidy) who has not eaten food for four months. The local cousel of the town wants her and a nun to look after Anna and report their findings. During the visits, Elizabeth notices that something is not adding up.
The beginning of the film started on the wrong foot with a backstage shot of the set. The actual set. The same thing happened with the ending panning to the narrator. This action immediately took me out of the experience.
I was reading that the movie was a psychological thriller. Where? I did not see that. It was an intense drama where some fucked up things happened. The narrative felt strange. What was that stuff that Elizabeth was spoon feeding herself? There is this romance subplot that comes out of nowhere between Elizabeth and a journalist, William (Burke).
What is with these drawn out costume dramas? It was a slog.
Rating: 6/10
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