Review of The Unloved (2009) by David Ray G — 28 Nov 2009
Samantha Morton's directional debut is as good as she could ever make it. I do hope there is a road ahead of her when it comes to direction, but this one certainly didn't blow me out of the water.
When I watch a movie, I don't want it to make me think of the imperfections and the mistakes. I don't want a movie to make me see the direction, nor do I want to think, "ah, this could have been done better".
Which is exactly what happened to me in this film. It's a difficult film to watch in terms of the compassion you feel has been deprived of Lucy, an 11-year-old girl who deserves every bit of love everyone around her failed to give her.
Morton is a good amateur director in terms of her handling her actors correctly. But the editing was crude, the so-called "deceiving" of the different camera angles was too obvious, and it seemed like the whole movie was shot in one week - and like each scene only had one take.
I'd like to see more of Morton in the future, but her first movie wasn't impressive but rather tried too hard to be.
This review of The Unloved (2009) was written by David Ray G on 28 Nov 2009.
The Unloved has generally received very positive reviews.
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