Cool story of a kid raised in woods with a crazy dad who believes in taking out anything other than his family, unfortunately dialogue & story suffer

Ridley Scott did good here. The pace is slow, but it blends perfectly with the ambiance of the story. Stellar cast excels in character, great cinematography and very well written. I loved it and will surely recommend.

An interpretive adaptation in refining the initial potential approach in leaning more towards the confrontational past trope rather than justifying whatever thrilling tendency led to grasp hollowly. Sure it eventually becomes an exceptional showcase certainly for Ridley and Mendelsohn, particularly the former’s attempted rawness, their respective approach feels more coerced in-built terms than naturally enabled convictions. (B-)

**The Marsh King's Daughter (2.5/5)** I was excited for *The Marsh King’s Daughter*—great cast, beautiful setting, and the promise of a tense thriller. Ben Mendelsohn, as always, delivers a solid performance, and it was refreshing to see Daisy Ridley in something other than *Star Wars*. Unfortunately, the movie didn’t live up to its potential. The plot feels very generic, like something I’ve seen a dozen times before. While it’s well-acted and visually stunning—the shots of the woods and landscapes are breathtaking—it’s painfully slow. It’s more of a slow-burn drama with a sprinkle of thriller elements, but I wanted *way* more tension and suspense. With such a hollow story, it definitely could’ve been shorter. It’s not a bad movie, just extremely boring. I couldn’t connect with the characters, and the lack of excitement made it hard to stay engaged. If you’re into slow, atmospheric dramas, it might work for you.

Poetic and beautiful piece of cinema that plays with expectation and danger while asking questions about the mental health of someone who lives through such traumatic the events. It’s difficult to classify. Maybe as a slow psychological thriller.

Ignore the so called critics, they are talking out of their arses! This is a brilliant film. So many female characters in movies today are essentially male characters with breasts, they are under written, two dimensional and pretty much empty and facile. This is one of the few exceptions. Daisy Ridley plays a believable female character who has been moulded by her murderous father, an amazing Ben Mendelson, playing the role as mother/ wife with intelligence and real feminine strength. Lesser screenwriters and directors take note. The script develops the characters realistically, for example the husband is a thoughtful and patient man whereas in lesser movies he would be an unthinking, insensitive oaf. Overall this is a mainstream thriller that does not patronise it's viewers and is all the more rewarding for that. Highly recommended.

Was this an LMN movie?

This is a good movie, and a great thriller. It keeps you thinking and wondering throughout the movie. I recommend that you see this film.

велике прзчарування. 30 хвилин поровся щоб не заснути- в підсумку вимкнув перегляд і присвятив час прогулянці з дітьми. Нікому не рекомендую

This movie is such a predictable one. It uses trope after trope and is incredibly slow paced. It tries to build suspense but fails as that. The acting is pretty okay but some lines are so cliché it’s hard not to cringe. The only interesting part is the premise of the story. I bet boomers really like this one.

The movie started off very promising, but suffered from poor to nonexistent backstory/character development. It plodded along very slowly attempting to build suspense but ultimately failed to deliver. The ending was predictable and anticlimactic.

This movie was well worth the watch. The way she played her role as a protective mother and wife never letting herself give up!! Just showed the compassion and trama at it's absolute best. It made you feel like you were right there with her just pushing her on. Just watch it!!!

Great beginning and ending, struggles to come together in the middle which is disappointing as there is so much in the story to work with. Enjoyable watch non the less, but generally disappointing as you feel with better direction and writing this could have been much more that what it ended up being.

Starts off slow but finishes with you on the edge of your seat!

I was 10 minutes in, eating my toast and drinking my coffee thinking I was going to watch this to the end, when I realized that the filter used to diffuse the image and the washed out color like it was shot in a mist was not going away. I jumped forward repeatedly thinking this was temporary, but no, it was by design. I don't watch blurry camera work by people who think they are trendy.

Idk what people are talking about and still don’t understand how it has such a low rating. Movie was great.

Decent concept but slow and very predictable

This movie was amazing to watch! I would recommend to viewers who love movies that has very intense scenes and action moments on what they are improvising the story that is happening with characters on their relationship on what they should do or not do from the their past moments.

The star power of this film could not save it from being a very slow and boring experience. There is no motivating force for the villain (father) of this story -- it is such a huge stretch as to attain unbelievable status. Ridley was fine, as was everyone else, if we're speaking about performances. One of my biggest pet peeves in movies is how easy it is to find a single person in an area that covers thousands upon thousands of acres, and yes, this movie commits that sin.

This movie has a lot of smart story elements to tell, but it never quite goes there, both in story or direction, and everything it sets up just tends to fall a little flat. That said, I still enjoyed the film but I didn't finish still thinking about it, which I know I could have with a stronger script.