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Resurrection
USA 2022
produced by Lia Buman, Tim Headington, Drew Houpt, Lars Knudsen, Alex Scharfman, Tory Lenosky, Tyler Campellone (executive), Christine D'Souza Gelb (executive), Rebecca Hall (executive), Lucas Joaquin (executive), Michael M. McGuire (executive), Neil Shah (executive), Max Silva (executive) for Secret Engine, Square Peg, Tango Entertainment
directed by Andrew Semans
starring Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper, Angela Wong Carbone, Josh Drennen, Rosemary Howard, Winsome Brown, Zarra Kaahn, Jaime Zevallos, Owen Johnson, Jackson Finnegan
written by Andrew Semans, music by Jim Williams
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Margaret (Rebecca Hall) seems to have a pretty good life: She has a
pretty good job and is pretty good at it, and she has a loving
relationship with her daughter Abbie (Grace Kaufman) - ok, maybe a bit too
loving, because now that Abbie's on the verge of turning 18 and leaving
for college, Margaret's over-protective side is increasingly coming to the
fore, much to Abbie's annoyance. Then she stumbles into a man (Tim Roth) a
few times in a row, and she totally loses it, starts having panic attacks,
smothers Abbie with her motherly care, and starts to neglect work. Not she
thinks the man in question is David, her ex from 22 years ago, whom she
had an abusive relatinship with and who she blames for having lost her
unborn son back when. She confronts the man, who assures her he has never
met her before let alone being her ex, but that's not good enough for her,
she starts following him around, breaks into his hotelroom and the like,
while pretty much putting Abbie under constant curfew and forbidding her
to see anyone. This has Abbie worried - to the point where she moves out
of the apartment, doesn't leave her new address and forbids her mother to
even contact her. Yet Margaret doesn't give up and even starts carrying a
handgun. But when she's about to shoot her object of paranoia, she
realizes she can't ... and the man turns out to be David indeed. Only he
assures her he bears no malice, but makes the wildest of claims: That
their unborn son is still alive - in his belly. What's worrying though is
that Margaret kind of believes him ... A film that really
covers much of the range of the thriller genre: What starts out as a mere
paranoia thriller eventually turns into an evil game of cat-and-mouse
before going full-on grotesque - and that's really what makes this movie
so much fun, as it constantly surprises its audience and keeps one
guessing. And the director is genre savvy enough to keep one at the edge
of one's seat, but also has a realist approach to it to keep things
grounded. And Rebecca Hall gives an impressive performance, leading a very
able cast, through this welcomely unusual film.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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