The Girl (2012) (original) (raw)
Struggling with the loss of her child to Social Services, a single mother is trapped in the quicksand of her south Texas life. When her path collides with a young girl from Mexico, she begins a journey that will change her life discovering that she is the architect of her own fate and learning what it is that truly defines home.
Struggling with the loss of her child to Social Services, a single mother is trapped in the quicksand of her south Texas life. When her path collides with a young girl from Mexico, she begins a journey that will change her life discovering that she is the architect of her own fate and learning what it is that truly defines home. (less)
Director: David Riker
Writer: David Riker
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Will Patton, Maritza Santiago Hernandez, Geoffrey Rivas, Austin West, Annalee Jefferies
Producers: Douglas Cummins, Philipp Engelhorn, Andrew Goldman, Paul Mezey, Nick Quested, Christian Valdeli�vre
Review by Brian Orndorf, March 8, 2013
7 / 10
It�s been difficult to get a proper read of Abbie Cornish as an actress. She�s done some interesting work in pictures such as �W.E.� and �Limitless,� but she�s not a performer who commands the screen, preferring coolness of character and deep introspection. Often, this can read as simple disinterest. �The Girl� provides Cornish with a leading role of substantial weight and patience. In fact, the entire movie hinges on her body language, with the small-scale drama uninterested in outbursts of melodrama, instead holding to subtleties of thought and urgency to generate essential tension. Cornish ...read more...
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