The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
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Released Year: 2013
Runtime: 96 minutes
Directors: Francesca Gregorini
Casts: Jessica Biel, Alfred Molina, Kaya Scodelario, Jimmi Simpson, Frances O'Connor, Sam Jaeger, Kevin McCorkle, Spencer Garrett, Aneurin Barnard, Jonathan Schmock, Anne Ramsay, Wolf Fleetwood-Ross
Storyline
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
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Reviews
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Village Voice -
Despite the psychological extremes, writer-director Francesca Gregorini presents her characters as recognizably human balls of complexity, nudging but never forcing them toward a sad, beautiful conclusion.
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The Hollywood Reporter -
Although Gregorini is very clear on where her lead characters are coming from, it’s where they’re headed that remains entirely vague, an oversight that leaves them unfortunately adrift.
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The Dissolve -
With a radically different tone and less naturalistic performances, The Truth About Emanuel might conceivably have worked. Gregorini didn’t commit to the synthetic; paradoxically, that’s what makes the film feel false.
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service -
They waste this cast and these characters on a story so conventional, so neatly wrapped up in the finale, that the real mystery is how Gregorini and co-writer Sarah Thorpe didn’t see that.
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Salon -
The film has an odd and striking energy, and the chemistry between Scodelario and Biel has an electrical charge to it. There are a couple of genuinely creepy moments, and Gregorini keeps us on an emotional knife edge.
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