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The Marsh King's Daughter

2023

Neil Burger

Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Garrett Hedlund, Gil Birmingham ...

5.2

1,302

Thriller. Drama Two years before Helena was born, the Marsh King abducted her mother, and she spent her childhood in captivity. Now convinced he will try to take her daughter, Helena sets out to outmaneuver the man who taught her everything she knows about surviving in the wilderness.

	Media	Author	Review
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"The actors nearly elevate the proceedings to something greater"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"The movie is so afraid of making viewers restless that it shies away from dramatizing anything it can't resolve in 20 seconds or less"
		Ross McIndoe Slant	"The later portions of 'The Marsh King's Daughter' play out much more conventionally than its gorgeous beginning (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Pete Hammond Deadline	"It achieves its goals thanks to an outstanding cast that makes it all work, and a filmmaker who navigates it all in style"
		Nell Minow rogerebert.com	"Despite strong work from Ben Mendelsohn, Daisy Ridley, and Gil Birmingham, director Neil Burger's adaptation is a medium-level thriller (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Chase Hutchinson Collider	"A film on a directionless journey to nowhere. It just gets lost in the woods before falling flat on its face"
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"The film has a setup similar to 'Cape Fear', but with only a token of the psychology or tension"
		Pat Padua The Washington Post	"It boasts a taut final act (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Mae Abdulbaki Screen Rant	"With strong performances, the dawdling pace prevents the narrative from fully being realized, but it manages to maintain interest until the very end (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Robert Abele Los Angeles Times	"'The Marsh King's Daughter' goes formulaic and it gets flabby"
		Tara Bennett Paste Magazine	"While the first third establishes the premise with a lot of promise and a compelling backstory, the rest of the film can’t rise above perfunctory cat-and-mouse dynamics that lack urgency and emotional stake"
		Jesse Hassenger The Daily Beast	"At times, 'The Marsh King's Daughter' seems to go looking for feral B-movie rawness, and comes back with generic healing"

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