If you get the chance to see it, I recommend 'Greta'
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/greta_2019
It's not excellent, it's not great. But it's not horrible. (oh, gosh, what a recommendation!! ) . The tension ramps up well as the story progresses, but there are a number of places where I wondered why some of those involved didn't, well, make use of the technologies they have in their hands all the time and/or get the police involved.
I watched the series Hidden over the last week (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7217374/) . They have a similar theme. It's a bit of an unfair comparison because Greta is a feature length film (2hrs) and then Hidden is series (8x 1hr episodes), but between the two, I recommend Hidden.
Points for Greta: Chloë Grace Moretz. Watching her having to survive being in a very confining box reminds of some other movie...
Pros for Hidden: Wales. No boxes. No Chloë. Kept me awake nights.
Greta (2019)
Re: Greta (2019)
The review in the New Yorker sounds as though Chloe's character does everything wrong except run into the woods and fall down.
Still, the review gives an A to Huppert's performance.
Still, the review gives an A to Huppert's performance.
“For drama to deepen, we must see the loneliness of the monster and the cunning of the innocent.”
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Re: Greta (2019)
Just saw this film today actually! I agree with the points that you made here, and I felt myself saying those same things to myself while watching the film.
I found it entertaining nonetheless, and I absolutely adored Isabelle Huppert's performance, but she can do no wrong in my eyes (:
I found it entertaining nonetheless, and I absolutely adored Isabelle Huppert's performance, but she can do no wrong in my eyes (:
perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood
Re: Greta (2019)
I was told last week the lead here, Eva Melander, plays a prominent role in the TV series Rebecka Martinsson. I've seen some of that, but not recently.