Review of What Maisie Knew (2013) by A.o. Scott for The New York Times — 01 May 2013
What Maisie Knew lays waste to the comforting dogma that children are naturally resilient, and that our casual, unthinking cruelty to them can be answered by guilty and belated displays of affection. It accomplishes this not by means of melodrama, but by a mixture of understatement and thriller-worthy suspense.
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This review of What Maisie Knew (2013) was written by A.o. Scott and published by The New York Times on 01 May 2013.
What Maisie Knew has generally received very positive reviews.
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