Sunday, 17 February 2013

Thrown under a bus


Margaret (2011)

Written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan this film stars Anna Paquin, Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo and J. Smith-Cameron. A high school student struggles with her guilt after she distracts a bus driver who runs a red light and kills a woman.

It took 5 years from the completion of filming to this film being released due to a trouble with editing and the final film does feel a little on the long side. The plot deals with the vagaries of life and guilt, which works pretty well and I enjoyed the air of ambiguity around the protagonist. Anna Paquin is especially impressive in the lead role and does a really good job of capturing a teenager struggling to come to terms with an adult world.

4/5

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