ELIZABETH OLSEN SARAH PAULSON HUGH DANCY JOHN HAWKES
MARTHA (OLSEN) GETS INVOLVED IN A CULT RUN BY PATRICK (HAWKES) AND AFTER TWO YEARS DECIDES TO GET OUT. ONCE ESCAPED, SHE ENDS UP WITH HER SISTER LUCY (PAULSON) AND HER HUSBAND TED (DANCY). MARTHA, IN TRYING TO GET NORMAL, EXPERIENCES A LOT OF MENTAL PROBLEMS THAT LUCY AND TED TRY TO DEAL WITH.
THERE ARE SOME MAJOR PLOT HOLES TO DEAL WITH HERE: FIRST, MARTHA ESCAPES THE CULT WAY TOO EASILY; SECOND, HER SISTER'S WAY OF HELPING HER IS TO ASK HER IF SHE IS ALRIGHT OR WHAT HAPPENED RATHER THAN GETTING HER ANY PROFESSIONAL HELP. I FOUND THAT USING CURRENT EVENTS IN HER LIFE TO ALLOW MARTHA TO HAVE FLASHBACKS OF WHAT WENT ON WHILE IN THE CULT TO BE EFFECTIVE AND A NATURAL WAY TO GET TO THE MEMORIES. FOR THE MOST PART THE DIRECTING WAS GOOD, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A FEW RANDOM SCENES THAT DON'T SEEM TO FIT OR FOLLOW THE STORY, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO BE DISTRACTING. HOWEVER, THIS MOVIE COMPLETELY FLAMES OUT WITH THE ENDING, IF IT CAN EVEN BE CALLED THAT. IT IS AS IF THE PRODUCERS RAN OUT OF MONEY AND JUST STOPPED PRODUCTION, LEAVING THE VIEWERS HANGING WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING ON. IT IS BY FAR THE WORST WAY I HAVE EVER SEEN A MOVIE END.
RATING 2 OUT OF 5 (WOULD HAVE BEEN A 3 WITH A GOOD ENDING)
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