Indie Film Release Guide: February 1st [An ONTD Original]

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Comments

[willardwright]

That Maisie Williams movie looks like the ultimate Manic Pixie Dream Girl movie, but the (very few)reviews on Letterboxd say it's not cliche. I'm probably still not gonna watch it.

I wanted to see Piercing, even though Ryu Murakami is very hit and miss for me, but even knowing there are gonna be some twists, I'm not a fan of the premise or the trailer.

[arabian]

I'm so watching the Maisie movie. All but one review have been good, people who've seen it that I've spoken too have loved it, and I stan both Maisie and Nina, plus people who aren't even Maisie-fans have said she's fabulous in it. Others have said it's her best film role. I can't wait until tomorrow to watch it!

[willardwright]

Let us know what you think once you see it, I'm curious :)

[arabian]

I really enjoyed it. Obviously, I'm a Maisie fan so I was inclined to like her performance, but this was definitely my favorite movie performance by her, and my favorite film she's done. She was just so lovely and adorable and I found myself completely charmed by her.

I also love Nina Dobrev, and I thought she did a good job with a pretty slight role. That is probably, alas, my one main criticism... her role was too slight and underwritten.

I did like the writing for the other characters for the most part, especially, of course, Maisie's character, Skye, and Asa Butterfield's character, Calvin. I thought they had a really nice chemistry and the film did a nice job in showing this really beautiful platonic love.

I will not lie, I totally cried. I also do not regret buying the film before even watching it. I mean, it wasn't like this masterpiece or anything and won't win any awards, but it was sweet little film and if you're a fan of Maisie and/or Asa Butterfield, a definite rec!

[willardwright]

Thanks for the review! It's really appreciated :)