"The Lost Daughter". Remarkable directorial debut for Maggie Gyllenhaal

[bif]

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Here's my review and a trailer:

http://moviejunkiemark.blogspot.com

Streaming on Netflix

[cilla4progress]

1. Not seeing your review?

How will i feel at the end - anxious, or at all informed and maybe even uplifted?

[intrepidity]

3. Imho none of the above

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]

4. Sorry about that

Fixed it.

[cilla4progress]

5. Thanks!

Can you help me figure out how to follow your reviews / blog?

[bif]

6. What do you need help with?

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]

7. Perfect.

Thanks.

Loved the movie. As a woman and a mom, I related to her story and was very moved.

Beautifully acted and directed.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. Looks interesting.

I've added it to my list of movies to watch.

[Fla Dem]

8. I really like Olivia Coleman and most of her other projects.This one left me shrugging my shoulders.

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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.

[intrepidity]

9. Agree

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]

10. I think it was a lot like Ferrante's books

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]

11. Sorry I wasted my time on this one.

Slow moving, jumped all over the place and yes, the doll thing was creepy.