I'd first heard about Margaret about a year ago while doing some research on Anna Paquin, and at first I was absolutely shocked that a movie with a cast such as this could be almost forgotten about, thankfully after 7 years and lots of shuffling around, the world finally has Margaret to enjoy. This movie is not for everyone, in fact this movie has a really really small audience, people that like fast paced film would have zero patience for Margaret, and people who hate ambiguity would have a fit, but the audience that this kind of film is aimed at would really appreciate it.
It simply must be said, Anna Paquin is down right astounding in this film, it's almost criminal that it's such a little seen film because if it were mire well known I honestly think she would be looking at her 2nd Oscar, she is in almost every single scene and I found myself not daring to look away even for a second, her performance was so great I didn't want to miss any of it. Anna is accompanied by the equally as great J. Smith Camerom, another performance that is Oscar caliber, I've really only seen her in TrueBlood which she is good in, but I was really impressed with her after seeing Margaret, and yes the rest of the cast are all great in their roles.
After seeing the movie, you can definitely understand the delay in release, mainly because of the editing, most of it is easy to keep track of, but there were some times I thought scenes were strangely placed or it didn't make sense, keep in mind I have only seen the theatrical cut, I'm dying to see the extended cut to see the difference, the editing and the lack if screen time Allison Janney has are the only negatives I have to say, otherwise in my opinion this movie is perfection.
The final scene is a big pay off, it's acting gold. :)
It simply must be said, Anna Paquin is down right astounding in this film, it's almost criminal that it's such a little seen film because if it were mire well known I honestly think she would be looking at her 2nd Oscar, she is in almost every single scene and I found myself not daring to look away even for a second, her performance was so great I didn't want to miss any of it. Anna is accompanied by the equally as great J. Smith Camerom, another performance that is Oscar caliber, I've really only seen her in TrueBlood which she is good in, but I was really impressed with her after seeing Margaret, and yes the rest of the cast are all great in their roles.
After seeing the movie, you can definitely understand the delay in release, mainly because of the editing, most of it is easy to keep track of, but there were some times I thought scenes were strangely placed or it didn't make sense, keep in mind I have only seen the theatrical cut, I'm dying to see the extended cut to see the difference, the editing and the lack if screen time Allison Janney has are the only negatives I have to say, otherwise in my opinion this movie is perfection.
The final scene is a big pay off, it's acting gold. :)