Undescribable Perfection

Sorry, this movie sucks

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The first question I had after viewing this film; how could she forget these events from 1973? Then I realize, this is the entire point of the film, that children faced with traumatic events can misremember events as a means for survival. The film excels at demonstrating this. That said, I have some issues with the current portions of the film, and some of the casting.I'll come right out and say it, Laura Dern looks absolutely nothing like the 13 year-old Jenny. I'm old enough to remember Laura Dern in films in the early 80s. Dern is tall with a somewhat long, angular face, where as Isabella Nelisse is quite short and small even for a 13-year old. She has a round face with huge doe-like eyes. Frankly their energy as actors is just very different to me. Some may consider this petty, but its an issue for me. Maggie Gyllenhaal would have been a better casting choice.I don't really understand casting Common as her modern Jenny's partner. He's considerably younger than Dern. It just doesn't ring true with me.Finally, I'm having a hard time with the timing of events here. So Jennifer Fox was born in 1959, this means she would have been 48 in 2007. Yet, everything looks contemporary, i.e., the student's clothing style, the presence of modern smart phones.Ultimately, the flash back portions of The Tale are what carry the film, the modern day portions could have been much more efective, both in casting and in script writing. The film gives us the notion that everything was screwed up in the 1970s, and in 2018, we are in some sort of politically correct age of enlightenment. I can't agree with this. Contemporary Hollywood is obsessed with political correctness, and it shows here.

A powerful film. At first before I started watching the movie I thought that this were going to be one of those based in real life movies that people make just to tell a story that is important to them. But this film it got me by surprise. The movie is very well structured with a unique story telling that makes you very well aware about whats going on with the story. Even though you know about whats the story talks in away the movie lefts you astonished by the way the story is said. It has some scenes in the movie that makes you really involved with this story. What I like the most about this movie is the writing, really good jab done in this department, it was the strongest part of the movie. The acting its okay. Overall the movie its very great and I highly recommend it.

This film did a wonderful job depicting what it's like to uncover childhood trauma as an adult. I love how she went back and forth between child and adult, starting with an idyllic memory and slowly realizing her prior understanding of her experience was faulty. I also loved how she occasionally asked the younger versions of people in her memory questions as an adult, holding a make-believe dialogue. Connection to her younger self was made clear in this film, an important aspect when considering childhood memories - distant but deeply felt. What an honest, artistic expression of one woman's experience with childhood trauma. Very (painfully but satisfactorily) relatable for people with a similar history.

As a victim of incest from the age of 7 until 15, I found this movie extremely difficult to watch, yet it was completely right-on from the child's and survivor's point of view. "Don't tell anyone" was what I was told over and over by my brother and I didn't until I was physically abused by my 1st husband. I told my parents when I was 33 years old, holding all the horror inside for so many painful years.All of the actors were magnificent and knowing that this is a true story, I give thanks to the author for breaking her silence in a way thousands of children who are now adults can relate to. Thank you for telling everyone!!I am finally getting therapy, and it's so eye-opening to see how those years of abuse contributed to the choices I made in my adult life. I'm only sorry it took me over 50 years to let the demons inside of me out.Excellent movie, not to be missed.