1. Martha Marcy May Marlene | Rotten Tomatoes
Synopsis After several years of living with a cult, Martha (Elizabeth Olsen) finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy (Sarah Paulson), for help.
After several years of living with a cult, Martha (Elizabeth Olsen) finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy (Sarah Paulson), for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted (Hugh Dancy), but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader (John Hawkes).
2. Martha Marcy May Marlene | Elizabeth Olsen Wiki - Fandom
Elizabeth Olsen as Martha · Christopher Abbot as Max · Brady Corbet as Watts · Hugh Dancy as Ted · Maria Dizzia as Katie · Julia Garner as Sarah · John Hawkes as ...
Martha Marcy May Marlene is Elizabeth Olsen's first film, which debuted at Sundance 2011. Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult. A 22-year-old woman named Martha has been living as a member of a cult in the Catskill Mountains for some time. The charismatic cult leader, Patrick, granted her the name Marcy May upon her initiation. Eventually, she decides to flee and escapes into the woods, arriv
3. Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin, 2011) - Criterion Forum
Jan 3, 2012 · Tremendous work by Elizabeth Olsen (her big wide eyes do most of the heavy lifting) which actually uses her innate sensuality (which the movie wisely uses to ...
Saw this last night at a packed house (the only theater in NYC still showing it). Tremendous work by Elizabeth Olsen (her big wide eyes do most of the heavy lifting) which actually uses her innate sensuality (which the movie wisely uses to tease in the present-day scenes) to drive home what her character has lost by virtue of how she allowed herself to be manipulated. Olsen nails that evasive inability of sex crime victims to talk about or share their ordeal because to acknowledge that it happened (i.e. if Martha would just say 'I was raped by a cult' to Lucy and her hubby) would make it real again, leaving director Sean Durkin in charge of showing us those traumatic horrors when Martha is alone or thinking/dreaming. I can see all the arguments why someone like mfunk9786 would not like Durkin's flashback technique but I think it serves a dual purpose beyond just showing us explicitly the horrors of being part of a cult. First we need to see/feel what Martha went through to drive home for viewers why she is so traumatized she can't just blurt out to her sister and brother-in-law why she acts the way she does. Plus Durkin can't assume his audience knows important details about how this particular cult works (a key important element to his movie's narrative) and it's better to show it than allow the audience's mind to wonder if this is going the Jim Jones way, the Branch Dividians way, etc. The cult itself is actually pretty small (they're a handful of men and twice as man...
4. Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) directed by Sean Durkin - Letterboxd
After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet ...
After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader.
5. Cinematic Immersion Tank #1: Martha Marcy May Marlene
Jun 29, 2016 · Julia Garner as Sarah/Sally, a girl Martha mentors in the cult; Christopher Abbott as Max, a cult member who doesn't seem to gel with Patrick. I ...
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011, dir. Sean Durkin) Purchase Martha Marcy May Marlene on Blu-Ray or Rent on Amazon Video This is my first stab at the Cinematic Immersion Tank, so I decided to go with…
6. Martha Marcy May Marlene Movie Review | Common Sense Media
May 8, 2024 · Elizabeth Olsen is perfect in this role, as is John Hawkes. The main character, Martha, moves into a farm commune that she views her new "family ...
Disquieting indie drama reveals the cost of cult life. Read Common Sense Media's Martha Marcy May Marlene review, age rating, and parents guide.
7. Martha Marcy May Marlene | Moviepedia - Fandom
Martha Marcy May Marlene is a 2011 American thriller drama film directed by Sean Durkin. The cast of the film consists of Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes, ...
Martha Marcy May Marlene is a 2011 American thriller drama film directed by Sean Durkin. The cast of the film consists of Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, and Hugh Dancy. To be added Elizabeth Olsen as Martha/Marcy May/"Marlene Lewis" John Hawkes as Patrick Sarah Paulson as Lucy Hugh Dancy as Ted
8. Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) - Motion Picture Blog
Jun 2, 2018 · Martha Marcy May Marlene reels you in right from the start. You see Martha (Elizabeth Olsen) running away from a creepy cult in the woody ...
Why make your film linear when you can flit between past and present, and leave audiences crying “Wait, what?” Martha Marcy May Marlene has a free-moving timeline that messes with your …
9. Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard ...
After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader.
10. Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) - Interiors
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) makes extensive use of two locations – a farmhouse, where Martha (Elizabeth Olsen) lives before running away, ...
An Architectural Analysis of the Film, Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), directed by Sean Durkin and starring Elizabeth Olsen and John Hawkes.
11. Review: Martha Marcy May Marlene, starring Elizabeth Olsen - JoBlo
Aug 29, 2011 · As I mentioned the film begins with an escape, once this happens the film goes for the past/present narrative, as Martha (played by Elizabeth ...
PLOT: A young woman escapes from a cult, one lead by a charismatic man with a group of followers. She...
12. The psychic damage of a cult group movie review (2011) - Roger Ebert
Oct 26, 2011 · "Martha" is her name. "Marcy May" is the name given to her by the leader of a cult group. "Marlene" is the name all the women in the group ...
"Martha" is her name. "Marcy May" is the name given to her by the leader of a cult group. "Marlene" is the name all the women in the group use to answer the
13. Martha Marcy May Marlene - Movie Review - Alternate Ending
Nov 3, 2011 · In due course, the girl, Martha, has traveled from a little nowhere corner of upstate New York to a tony vacation community in Connecticut, ...
Martha Marcy May Marlene - Movie review by film critic Tim Brayton
14. Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) - Jim Campbell
Nov 3, 2011 · At the beginning of Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), Martha (Elizabeth Olsen) sneaks past sleeping bodies on the floor of a rickety ...
At the beginning of Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), Martha (Elizabeth Olsen) sneaks past sleeping bodies on the floor of a rickety farmhouse and runs into the woods. She is spotted and briefly pur…
15. There's Clever Manipulation in Mystery Film 'Martha Marcy May ...
Mar 28, 2012 · Martha (Elizabeth Olsen) returns to the world beyond the cult as a broken person who's lost her ability to function properly. Her behavior seems ...
Depicting a believable cult in a 100-minute feature is no easy proposition.