Dir: Sean Durkin
2011
***
Beautifully filmed and pretty well acted too, Elizabeth Olsen being particularly good in the lead role. Unfortunately it lacks real substance. More often than not a film can say so much more by saying very little and in turn it lets the audience decide on certain issues but with Martha Marcy May Marlene this isn't the case. At times Martha Marcy May Marlene is excruciatingly frustrating and not always particularly convincing. There is an heir of naivety to the film as a whole, it's pseudo-psychology is a little embarrassing at times too but all that said I did enjoy it but mainly for the performances and the cinematography.
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