Lazareth

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PQR 1 @PQR1951 1d Spoiler ALERT!!! This story is about a woman who kept her nieces away from the rest of the world for 10 years or so because there was some sort of viral outbreak that infected and killed many people. It was similar to the Halle Berry movie called NEVER LET GO. This is because both movies feature a mother figure who lives in isolation from the rest of the world in order to protect them from a red or imagined threat, even though the world is doing just fine. Near the end of LAZERETH, we learn that the Aunt has been lying to the nieces, as the world has pretty much returned to normal. What....everrrrrrrr...... See more Brandon W @bwilson4790 2d A tightly wound, beautifully acted chamber piece about love, fear, and the lies that hold a family together. Ashley Judd's best work in years. What makes the film work is its patience. Tibaldi trusts the audience to sit with silence, with the rustle of trees, with the claustrophobia of a family that has built its entire reality around a lie. Sarah Pidgeon and Katie Douglas are wonderful as Imogen and Maeve, capturing that fragile teenage tension between trusting the only mother they've known and sensing that something about their world doesn't add up. Their performances give the film its emotional core — this isn't just a thriller about survival, it's a story about the stories we tell the people we love to keep them close. See more Ethan G @egrohner29438 Aug 20 As an Asher Angel fan, this is exactly the kind of role I've been hoping to see him take on: something quieter and more dramatic that proves he can carry real weight beyond the roles that made him famous. He elevates every scene he's in, and that's more than enough to earn this one five stars from me. See more Sandra U @Surbanio34 Aug 20 Lazareth is a smaller, quieter film than the star vehicles that made Judd famous, but that's honestly part of why I liked it. It gave her room to show me she still knows exactly how to hold a tense, character-driven thriller together. If you loved her in Kiss the Girls or Double Jeopardy like I did, this felt like a welcome reminder of why she was so good at this kind of role in the first place, and a genuinely satisfying comeback to the genre she once ruled. It also reminded a bit of her movie from Bug, although Lazareth is far less disturbing. See more Kay W @kaywash1 Aug 19 Sarah Pidgeon!!! My favorite actress : ) See more Sebastian F @RT83970187 Aug 19 Loved it! Beautiful score and cinematography! See more Read all reviews

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