Directed By- Sean Durkin
Written By- Sean Durkin
Starring- Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, Hugh Dancy
Critics Review- "The movie successfully keeps you guessing throughout as the young woman's memories vividly flash by and the truth is that you'll be guessing as the credits roll."- John Wildman "Film Threat"
Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 90% Audience- 71%
Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 1/2 stars
My Review-
This movie was kind of disturbing, and its not due to the story line. Its due to the fact that there are actually cults out there that are like this, and this is a look at what can happen to one person who has been part of one for a certain amount of time. This movie is wonderfully edited in a way that it blurs past into present, so like the main character Martha, we cannot tell what is real and what isn't. What makes this movie move is the acting from Elizabeth Olsen, and from this being a first movie she made quite an impression, its hard to realize that she is related to the Olsen twins. What Olsen does that she makes try to piece various parts of her life in the cult together to figure out what made her finally want to leave after living there for so long, and how she has to try and fit in to live a normal life. Then there is John Hawkes who has throughout out his career come on as just supporting characters and was never really able to show how well he could truly act, until this movie and Winter's Bone came out. After that we saw how well this man can act, and in here he is charismatic as fuck, he had such away with the people in the cult, that they would listen to every word he said. That's what made it disturbing that their are people like that with that kind of power over people, and will make you follow every word that they say. I suggest this movie if you do not want to a watch a happy go lucky movie, since this isn't one, its quite a watch and will make you question certain scenes throughout the course of the film. For a first time director and for writing his first feature film, Sean Durkin makes quite a debut and makes his mark, as a director and write too look out for. I suggest watching this movie since it ends in a way that I cannot explain, it was to be seen to be understood or to make your on conclusion.
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