Obviously made with love and care but it doesn’t quite work. Could it have ever worked? The story is about a young girl’s rape and murder – it’s never going to be completely feel good. Peter Jackson gives lots of screen time to the father character, not much to mum (I didn’t buy it she took off for so long). But this is really about the girl and Jackson doesn’t quite crack it. They try to give it more action by having the father and sister investigate – it still doesn’t work. Some very good acting – Saoirse Roman and Stanley Tucci in particular, and period design. It shouldn’t have cost as much money as it did.
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