Madeline's Madeline

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Sam N I watched Madeline's Madeline, mainly because I liked Josephine Decker's later film Shirley. This one's trying to do a lot—race, mental health, coming of age, mother-daughter tensions, plus a whole meta-theatre layer—whilst bold, it often felt like it was trying too hard to be important. That said, Helena Howard is phenomenal. It's a breakout performance full of rawness and intensity; she holds the whole chaotic thing together. Miranda July felt oddly constrained by the direction, somewhat hemmed in a film that encourages improvisation and emotional looseness, which is her bread and butter but denied to her here. There's no shortage of ideas here, and it's definitely interesting. Still, it left me admiring the ambition rather than enjoying the ride. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/24/25 Full Review Andrei D Experimental dar cam fara miza Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/30/23 Full Review Audience Member A terrrific, offbeat movie that teases out issues of art vs. reality, emotional reality, mental illness, courage, and classic "coming of age" themes, treated unconventionally, but very expressively through dance, hallucinatory passages, and exceptional acting. The performance by the young Helena Howard reveals a new and exciting talent. The movie is also a good warm-up for Decker's more recent work in "Shirley" - which is also strange, evocative, and excellent. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Maybe the worst movie I've ever seen. Pretentious, annoying. Ugh. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member So pretentious with far too much style over substance. This film seemed way more concerned with being cool and painting pretty pictures through a series of Instagram filter style shots rather than telling a story. A shame because the subject is interesting, just wasn't realistic and left me feeling cold and ultimately bored. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review wayne m Madeline's Madeline is a messy, infuriating film that never satisfies in any way at all. I don't like using the word pretentious to describe a film, but sadly I feel it is apt here. I can clearly see it as an artistic statement, but as a form of entertainment it is severely lacking. Madeline is a young student who is performing in an impressionistic play group. Her teacher is striving for things very unique. At the same time she has a poor relationship with her mother. I wish I could say more about the story but there really isn't much of one. It just lurches from scene to scene of basically nonsense. I can't really recommend this film at all. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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