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Editor's Note
An escaped cult member experiences paranoia and isolation while attempting to start a new life with her sister's family. Try as Martha might to blend into her new upper-middle-class surroundings, she can't help but be haunted by nightmares of the time she spent under the control of a malevolent cult leader, or the fear that the group is watching her every move and awaiting the perfect moment to take their revenge.
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Martha Marcy May Marlene - Blu-Ray DVD Review
By: Luigi Bastardo
Blogcritics.org Reviews
Published on: 2/26/2012 8:28 AM
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| With a title like Martha Marcy May Marlene, you half expect this indie flick to be about some backwoods lass in cutoffs and a t-shirt. And you would only be about half right in that assumption. The low-key independent film — which is marketed on the backside of the cover as a “gripping psychological thriller,” though I think it is more accurate description would be “a boring infuriating drama” — brings us the account of a lost soul named Martha (Elizabeth Olsen, the other “other” Olsen sister, in her feature film debut), who, at the beginning of our tale, escapes from the confines of a rural cult commune, and is picked up by her sister, Lucy (Sarah Paulson)....read the full review | |
Cast & Crew
| Maria Dizzia | |
| Christopher Abbott | |
| Elizabeth Olsen | |
| Hugh Dancy | |
| Brady Corbet | |
| Tobias Segal - Co-Star | |
| Louisa Krause - Co-Star | |
| Coll Anderson - Sound | |
| Coll Anderson - Sound Re-Recording | |
| Julia Garner - Co-Star | |
| Adam Thompson - Co-Star | |
| Lauren Molina - Co-Star | |
| Louisa Braden Johnson - Co-Star | |
| Gregg Burton - Co-Star | |
| T. Sean Durkin - Screenwriter | |
| Jody Lee Lipes - Director of Photography | |
| Tony Vincent - Stunt Coordinator | |
| Susan Lazarus - Post-Production Supervisor | |
| Saunder Jurriaans - Composer | |
| Danny Bensi - Composer | |
| Jessica Kelleher - Makeup Designer | |
| Tomas Deckaj - Assistant Director | |
| Garrett Fennelly - Production Manager/UPM | |
| John Hawkes - Co-Star | |
| Allen McCullough - Co-Star | |
| Sarah Paulson - Co-Star | |
| T. Sean Durkin - Director |
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