Miller's Girl

A more complex movie than it first appears, the acting from the entire cast was outstanding. At times I found the characters actually made me feel uncomfortable on their behalf and it took me a while to realise that this is exactly what was intended. The entire movie is a study of the emotional struggle of crossing boundaries and this required an impressive intensity from both Ortega and Freeman. In exactly the same vein, Miller's wife, played by Dagmara Dominczyk, was a masterclass in how to develop a character from superficial attractiveness into gin-soaked malignance - an outstanding performance.

I've no doubt that some will find the movie "slow" and "meandering", but if you are prepared to invest in it, the cast will repay you with a moving (and slightly terrifying!) emotional journey that will stay with you for a long time. A feat which few works can manage.

The film had so much potential,so much backstory it could use to drive plot,for instance why is Jonathans wife an alcoholic and what exactly does she write? Why is she foul mouthed and why exactly does she constantly undermine her own husband.

The films dialogue was mature,atleast,F words were used, people insulted,none of the over the top infantalization of movies shown today where the characters speak only baby language in an effort to rake more money at the box office by making it pg13.

At times,the film was confusing,the character Cairo sweet laments that she is unremarkable and mature yet she destroys an entire man's life simply because of rejection.

It's unfair for Jonathan to be fired and it's unfair for his whole life to be brought down by a single incident that isnt even legal in most jurisprudences,a life should be structured in such a way that it is decentralized so that no bodies lives can be destroyed due to anger felt by any 3rd party.

The film was met with controversy, audiences critiqued the age gap in ridiculous amounts,but that was just an exercise in sanctimoniousness and indulgence in it as well as nothing more than a fear projected,I don't exactly know when when it was decided that such arrangements were "evil","immoral" and even "pedophilic" but they are not Age Gap arrangements are not necessarily any of those let alone a fully blown psychiatric disorder.

The film wanted to put this in full show, specific societies across the western world bad a mirror put Infront of them and they didn't like what the saw so they reacted partly in due to cognitive dissonance since such actions are depicted in collosal amounts in adult content and often have power imbalances that are too great.

For some reason it is assumed that age Gap arrangements have 2 parties,the first party is the older one that is "predatory" and the second "being taken advantage of" effectively undermining the freewill and decision of the parties (M&F).

The film was unfairly critiqued and given a low score first by failed actors that indulge in their pedanticness and their pseudo image as beimg cinematically "cultured" that will often bash a film that is controversial by mimicking exactly what the average person is saying but in bigger words and by audiences particularly women that have had negative experiences with that leading them to shout their anecdotals as universal truths.

I rated the film a 6/10 because of other factors such an incomplete plot, confusion,lack of character building in some parts and failure to properly distinguish between imagined scenes and real scenes as well as the subtle undertones of proselytizing certain narratives and the almighty way everyone cut of Jonathan and left him even though previously they were all friends for this.

Student teacher arrangements are illegal and bad,but age gap arrangements are not.

The film had good color grading and sound, aesthetically pleasing,and the classrooms for once were not boring and badly structured,there were carpets,oak tables,wooden cabinets,you could see an effort was made,and it wasn't the Plastic dullness most films show.

I wouldn't say it is a good film but it was Decent in it's own category.

18 year old Cairo Sweet (Jenna Ortega) lives alone in a mansion while her parents are away somewhere. Her new married creative writing teacher Jonathan Miller (Martin Freeman) takes an interest in her and she returns the interest with obsession. When he rejects her pornographic writing, all hell breaks loose.

This movie oscillates between aggressively written and aggressively overwritten. It is trying so hard to be edgy. Jenna Ortega is oozing her lines out. I almost appreciate how hard it is running with scissors. At the end of the day, I am more annoyed with it than appreciate it. It doesn't help that the movie stops short. There is another fifteen minutes or more to go.

To be honest, it's my first watch and I'm writing this shortly after I left the cinema, so maybe not the most objective opinion, but definitely left with with mixed feelings(mostly bad ones). It couldn't succeed in engaging me enough in the story to develop any sort of feeling towards any of the characters. Despite of the talented cast(saving it in a way from a total crash after the first half) and ambitious, some would even say pretentious, beginnings, for me, it felt short in building a solid foundations, which could have been a mean of explanation for what happens in the end.

But on the bright sight, it has a nice soundtrack(not sure it's always used well enough - which is also not so bright. Excuse me, had a bad day).

Let's not be all critical. It has moments that have the capacity to intrigue you, but in overall I couldn't sense the integrity. Expected more of 80s erotic thrillers' vibe. Definitely not a thriller and on the erotic part, pretty sure I felt more interested in Winnie and Miller's wife than the Jenna Ortega's Cairo(which I guess wasn't the writer/director's initial intension.

Some better examples from last year: 1.of peculiar teacher-student relationships - About Dry Grasses 2.of successful writer wife-unsuccessful writer husband - Anatomy of a Fall

Ps- the smoke doesn't help to build mysteriousness.

I had high hopes. From the trailer it looked interesting and aesthetically pleasing but I was very wrong. Unfortunately by the end of the movie I was left feeling frustrated because, the main thing about this movie - the tension, it was non existent.

There was no chemistry between the main protagonists. Zero. And Martin's heavy breathing in Jenna's face was very uncomfortable to watch...

Jenna on the other hand... Oh God, where do I even start?? She was so stiff the whole time it was seriously hard to watch. I don't know when this movie was filmed, but she seems stuck in her "Wednesday" role. Yes, her character is supposed to be strong, opinionated, witty, charming, seductive... But she fails to deliver any of it! She doesn't seem like clever teenage girl suddenly shaken and intrigued by an unexpected new variable in her life, at times she kinda looks bored. Her narrating was good though. But like I mentioned, the main point of the movie, the taboo of the desire and magnetism between main characters, is absolutely lacking. It's almost cringe and uncomfortable watching their scenes of "passion and attraction"...

To sum it up - good idea, poorly executed. Shame.