Review of Margaret (2011) by Nickthecritick — 24 Apr 2022
Lisa is a student who attends a private school in New York. One day, hit by a bus driver's cowboy hat, she distracts him from driving, thus causing the death of a passer-by. Invited to testify by the police, Lisa claims falsehood to avoid the driver's job loss but from that moment on she feels doubly guilty.
Her tension spills over to her mother Joan, a theater actress, who already has personal problems both for the show she will be staging with and for her new partner. Lisa ends up involving all those closest to her in this malaise, starting with her schoolmates and teachers.
She just has to decide whether or not to retract her testimony. Film that tries to be complex, but in its search for complexity it turns out to be perhaps immature and, at times, indigestible.
This review of Margaret (2011) was written by Nickthecritick on 24 Apr 2022.
Margaret has generally received positive reviews.
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