Release Date What Maisie Knew May 3, 2013 Limited
What Maisie Knew Movie Actor
Kate Manheim,Julianne Moore,Steve Coogan,Onata Aprile,Alexander Skarsgård,Joanna Vanderham,Emma Holzer,Diana GarciaVisitor Rating & Critics For What Maisie Knew
User Rating What Maisie Knew : 3.9User Percentage For What Maisie Knew : 71 %
User Count Like for What Maisie Knew : 2,572
All Critics Rating For What Maisie Knew : 7.6
All Critics Count For What Maisie Knew : 38
All Critics Percentage For What Maisie Knew : 84 %
Genres What Maisie Knew : Drama
Review For What Maisie Knew
Without losing the 19th century author's sensibility, screenwriters Carroll Cartwright and Nancy Doyne have brought into the modern age James' unforgiving examination of the effect of a messy divorce on a child.Betsy Sharkey-Los Angeles Times
The film raises more uncomfortable questions about Maisie's uncertain future than it ever answers, but that's in keeping with the emotional honesty the filmmakers are striving for.
Ian Buckwalter-NPR
We experience her upsets without the leavening of outside interferences. And because Aprile is such an intuitive performer, we are always searching her face for the imprint of her suffering.
Peter Rainer-Christian Science Monitor
Some moviegoers may opt for an easier cinematic pleasure than this carefully crafted, discomforting look at familial misery in hyper drive, but it is the most provocative movie about parenting I've seen since The Kids Are All Right.
Mary F. Pols-TIME Magazine
Yes, these people are cliches. But they know it. And so do the actors, who push past the stereotypes to slowly show us that perhaps these young and rather unimportant people are far more grown-up and involved than anyone else around them.
Stephen Whitty-Newark Star-Ledger
This is a fine idea for a PSA TV commercial, but (a) they already did it back in the '70s and (b) it goes on well past the 30-second mark.
Kyle Smith-New York Post
McGehee and Siegel -- as well as the adult cast -- are to be commended for keeping the film's depiction of marital strife from falling into melodrama and goopy sentimentality.
Ethan Alter-Television Without Pity
Searing and sad, with Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan at their fiercely-unlikable best.
Roger Moore-McClatchy-Tribune News Service
The film hits home thanks to a stunning performance by Onata Aprile. At age 7, Aprile has mastered the steepest challenge in screen acting: reacting in an engaging way.
Robert Levin-amNewYork
It could make you angry, or open up old wounds, but in the best possible way. Let's get riled up, let's take it personally.
Fred Topel-CraveOnline
Most movies about divorce and fractured families play up the tumultuous melodrama, but What Maisie Knew goes for something much quieter and more profound. It's a subtly ambitious film that's smartly written, beautifully acted, and perfectly directed.
Perry Seibert-TV Guide's Movie Guide
Wrenching drama about child custody can spark discussion.
S. Jhoanna Robledo-Common Sense Media
Directing partners Scott McGehee and David Siegel go more mainstream and downstream with this modern-day, loose riff on Henry James' late-19th-century novel.
Doris Toumarkine-Film Journal International
Cinema buffs should see this for the great performances all around, the way that New York feels when it's not being rushed, and for an overall tenderness that's most welcome.
Jeffrey M. Anderson-Combustible Celluloid
The actors are all very good. Moore, in particular, has a frightening intensity. If Maisie can deal with this banshee, she's prepared for anything.
Craig Seligman-Bloomberg News
What Maisie Knew is an affecting movie right until the very end, but is it really worth breaking your heart?
Gabe Toro-The Playlist
It fails to bring much insight to what essentially amounts to a massive parental guilt trip.
Sam Adams-AV Club
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