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over 3 years ago

Miss Meadows

a review by Kamurai

Great watch, would watch again, and can recommend.

This is great proof that Katie Holmes can not only lead and carry a movie, but has a wide range of acting skill.

This movie is all about character work, or you could say it is character driven. Meadows is an extremely complex character that is shown, but without explaining to the audience what they're supposed to be looking for (a drain on movies that do this), some audiences might miss the nuance of the character as well as her psychosis.

The movie reminds me of a more mellow "Mr. Right", or at least with more realistic values. And in this lies the problem, every bit of this movie could be true, and that tends to put in eight different categories that people don't find entertaining, mostly because it's too close to reality, and you normally watch movies to escape that.

The movie is metaphor, for the need to stand and defend what is right wherever we stand, and the a representation of the juxtaposition between violence and the social expectations for women.

A LOT of people are going to hate what this movie represents, but I feel that's just representative how awful our society is.

This movie definitely fills a void in the industry, it's masterful, well produced, but as good as the writing is, the content just isn't going to be palatable for everyone.